Brigid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFF GGHHIIBH JKLLHHGG BBBBHHBB MMNNBBOO BBBBPPGG| AFTER THE IRISH | A |
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| Do not marry Breed asthore | B |
| That old man whose head is hoar | B |
| As the winter but instead | C |
| Mate with some young curly head | C |
| He will give to you a child | D |
| He will never leave your side | E |
| And at morning when you wake | F |
| Kiss for kiss will give and take | F |
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| I wish that I had died I do | G |
| Before I gave my love to you | G |
| Love so lasting that it will | H |
| While I live be with you still | H |
| And for it what do I get | I |
| Pain and trouble and regret | I |
| The terrors of the aspen tree | B |
| Which the wind shakes fearfully | H |
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| If this country could be seen | J |
| As it ought then you had been | K |
| Living in a castle grand | L |
| With the ladies of the land | L |
| The friend and foe the gael and gall | H |
| Would be cheering one and all | H |
| For yourself and this is true | G |
| I would be along with you | G |
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| You promised 'twas a lie I see | B |
| When you said you'd come to me | B |
| At the sheep cote I was there | B |
| And I whistled on the air | B |
| And I gave our settled call | H |
| But you were not there at all | H |
| There was nothing anywhere | B |
| But lambs and birds and sunny air | B |
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| When it is dark you pass me by | M |
| And when the sun is in the sky | M |
| You pass me also night or day | N |
| You look away you walk away | N |
| But if you would come to me | B |
| And say the word of courtesy | B |
| I would close the door and then | O |
| I'd never let you out again | O |
| - | |
| But do not marry Breed asthore | B |
| That old man his heart is hoar | B |
| As his head is you can see | B |
| Winter gripping at his knee | B |
| His eyes and ears are blear and dim | P |
| How can you expect of him | P |
| To see or hear or pleasure you | G |
| Half as well as I would do | G |
James Stephens
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