Bonny Mary O! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA AACA AADA AAEA AAFA AAGA| The morning opens fine bonny Mary O | A |
| The robin sings his song by the dairy O | A |
| Where the little Jenny wrens cock their tails among the hens | B |
| Singing morning's happy songs with Mary O | A |
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| The swallow's on the wing bonny Mary O | A |
| Where the rushes fringe the spring bonny Mary O | A |
| Where the cowslips do unfold shaking tassels all of gold | C |
| Which make the milk so sweet bonny Mary O | A |
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| There's the yellowhammer's nest bonny Mary O | A |
| Where she hides her golden breast bonny Mary O | A |
| On her mystic eggs she dwells with strange writing on their shells | D |
| Hid in the mossy grass bonny Mary O | A |
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| There the spotted cow gets food bonny Mary O | A |
| And chews her peaceful cud bonny Mary O | A |
| In the mole hills and the bushes and the clear brook fringed with rushes | E |
| To fill the evening pail bonny Mary O | A |
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| The cowpond once agen bonny Mary O | A |
| Lies dimpled like thy sen bonny Mary O | A |
| Where the gnat swarms fall and rise under evening's mellow skies | F |
| And on flags sleep dragon flies bonny Mary O | A |
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| And I will meet thee there bonny Mary O | A |
| When a milking you repair bonny Mary O | A |
| And I'll kiss thee on the grass my buxom bonny lass | G |
| And be thine own for aye bonny Mary O | A |
John Clare
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