In The Poppy Field Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBCDD EEFGFGHH DDIJIJAA| Mad Patsy said he said to me | A |
| That every morning he could see | A |
| An angel walking on the sky | B |
| Across the sunny skies of morn | C |
| He threw great handfuls far and nigh | B |
| Of poppy seed among the corn | C |
| And then he said the angels run | D |
| To see the poppies in the sun | D |
| - | |
| A poppy is a devil weed | E |
| I said to him he disagreed | E |
| He said the devil had no hand | F |
| In spreading flowers tall and fair | G |
| Through corn and rye and meadow land | F |
| by garth and barrow everywhere | G |
| The devil has not any flower | H |
| But only money in his power | H |
| - | |
| And then he stretched out in the sun | D |
| And rolled upon his back for fun | D |
| He kicked his legs and roared for joy | I |
| Because the sun was shining down | J |
| He said he was a little boy | I |
| And would not work for any clown | J |
| He ran and laughed behind a bee | A |
| And danced for very ecstasy | A |
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