Country Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEECCCCFFGHII JJKKLLMMII| Dear brother robin this comes from us all | A |
| With our kind love and could Gip write and all | A |
| Though but a dog he'd have his love to spare | B |
| For still he knows and by your corner chair | B |
| The moment he comes in he lyes him down | C |
| and seems to fancy you are in the town | C |
| This leaves us well in health thank God for that | D |
| For old acquaintance Sue has kept your hat | D |
| Which mother brushes ere she lays it bye | E |
| and every sunday goes upstairs to cry | E |
| Jane still is yours till you come back agen | C |
| and neer so much as dances with the men | C |
| and ned the woodman every week comes in | C |
| and asks about you kindly as our kin | C |
| and he with this and goody Thompson sends | F |
| Remembrances with those of all our friends | F |
| Father with us sends love untill he hears | G |
| and mother she has nothing but her tears | H |
| Yet wishes you like us in health the same | I |
| and longs to see a letter with your name | I |
| So loving brother don't forget to write | J |
| Old Gip lies on the hearth stone every night | J |
| Mother can't bear to turn him out of doors | K |
| and never noises now of dirty floors | K |
| Father will laugh but lets her have her way | L |
| and Gip for kindness get a double pay | L |
| So Robin write and let us quickly see | M |
| You don't forget old friends no more than we | M |
| Nor let my mother have so much to blame | I |
| To go three journeys ere your letter came | I |
John Clare
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