Adieu! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDEAAAE DDDFGGGF HHHDGGGD| Adieu my love adieu | A |
| Be constant and be true | A |
| As the daisies gemmed with dew | A |
| Bonny maid | B |
| The cows their thirst were slaking | C |
| Trees the playful winds were shaking | C |
| Sweet songs the birds were making | C |
| In the shade | B |
| - | |
| The moss upon the tree | D |
| Was as green as green could be | D |
| The clover on the lea | D |
| Ruddy glowed | E |
| Leaves were silver with the dew | A |
| Where the tall sowthistles grew | A |
| And I bade the maid adieu | A |
| On the road | E |
| - | |
| Then I took myself to sea | D |
| While the little chiming bee | D |
| Sung his ballad on the lea | D |
| Humming sweet | F |
| And the red winged butterfly | G |
| Was sailing through the sky | G |
| Skimming up and bouncing by | G |
| Near my feet | F |
| - | |
| I left the little birds | H |
| And sweet lowing of the herds | H |
| And couldn't find out words | H |
| Do you see | D |
| To say to them good bye | G |
| Where the yellow cups do lie | G |
| So heaving a deep sigh | G |
| Took to sea | D |
John Clare
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