My Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBABDB AEFEGEHE AAIABAAA AJKJLMEM ANONPNAN AQCQRQSQ ATATATQT| My Mary O my Mary | A |
| The simmer skies are blue | B |
| The dawnin' brings the dazzle | C |
| An' the gloamin' brings the dew | B |
| The mirk o' nicht the glory | A |
| O' the moon an' kindles too | B |
| The stars that shift aboon the lift | D |
| But nae thing brings me you | B |
| - | |
| Where is it O my Mary | A |
| Ye are biding a' the while | E |
| I ha' wended by your window | F |
| I ha' waited by the stile | E |
| An' up an' down the river | G |
| I ha' won for mony a mile | E |
| Yet never found adrift or drown'd | H |
| Your lang belated smile | E |
| - | |
| Is it forgot my Mary | A |
| How glad we used to be | A |
| The simmer time when bonny bloomed | I |
| The auld trysting tree | A |
| How there I carved the name for you | B |
| An' you the name for me | A |
| An' the gloamin' kenned it only | A |
| When we kissed sae tenderly | A |
| - | |
| Speek ance to me my Mary | A |
| But whisper in my ear | J |
| As light as ony sleeper's breath | K |
| An' a' my soul will hear | J |
| My heart shall stap its beating | L |
| An' the soughing atmosphere | M |
| Be hushed the while I leaning smile | E |
| An' listen to you dear | M |
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| My Mary O my Mary | A |
| The blossoms bring the bees | N |
| The sunshine brings the blossoms | O |
| An' the leaves on a' the trees | N |
| The simmer brings the sunshine | P |
| An' the fragrance o' the breeze | N |
| But O wi'out you Mary | A |
| I care nae thing for these | N |
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| We were sae happy Mary | A |
| O think how ance we said | Q |
| Wad ane o' us gae fickle | C |
| Or ane o' us lie dead | Q |
| To feel anither's kisses | R |
| We wad feign the auld instead | Q |
| An' ken the ither's footsteps | S |
| In the green grass owerhead | Q |
| - | |
| My Mary O my Mary | A |
| Are ye daughter o' the air | T |
| That ye vanish aye before me | A |
| As I follow everywhere | T |
| Or is it ye are only | A |
| But a mortal wan wi' care | T |
| Syne I search through a' the kirkyird | Q |
| An' I dinna find ye there | T |
James Whitcomb Riley
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