After Reading In A Letter Proposals For Building A Cottage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HAHI JKJK LMNM OPOP QRSR TUTD| Beside a runnel build my shed | A |
| With stubbles cover'd o'er | B |
| Let broad oaks o'er its chimney spread | A |
| And grass plats grace the door | C |
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| The door may open with a string | D |
| So that it closes tight | E |
| And locks would be a wanted thing | D |
| To keep out thieves at night | E |
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| A little garden not too fine | F |
| Inclose with painted pales | G |
| And woodbines round the cot to twine | F |
| Pin to the wall with nails | G |
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| Let hazels grow and spindling sedge | H |
| Bent bowering over head | A |
| Dig old man's beard from woodland hedge | H |
| To twine a summer shade | I |
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| Beside the threshold sods provide | J |
| And build a summer seat | K |
| Plant sweet briar bushes by its side | J |
| And flowers that blossom sweet | K |
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| I love the sparrow's ways to watch | L |
| Upon the cotter's sheds | M |
| So here and there pull out the thatch | N |
| That they may hide their heads | M |
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| And as the sweeping swallows stop | O |
| Their flights along the green | P |
| Leave holes within the chimney top | O |
| To paste their nest between | P |
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| Stick shelves and cupboards round the hut | Q |
| In all the holes and nooks | R |
| Nor in the corner fail to put | S |
| A cupboard for the books | R |
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| Along the floor some sand I'll sift | T |
| To make it fit to live in | U |
| And then I'll thank ye for the gift | T |
| As something worth the giving | D |
John Clare
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