Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFG HBAA| A faithless shepherd courted me | A |
| He stole away my liberty | A |
| When my poor heart was strange to men | B |
| He came and smiled and stole it then | B |
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| When my apron would hang low | C |
| Me he sought through frost and snow | C |
| When it puckered up with shame | D |
| And I sought him he never came | D |
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| When summer brought no fears to fright | E |
| He came to guard me every night | E |
| When winter nights did darkly prove | F |
| None came to guard me or to love | G |
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| I wish I wish but all in vain | H |
| I wish I was a maid again | B |
| A maid again I cannot be | A |
| O when will green grass cover me | A |
John Clare
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