Mary Appleby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACA DADABEBE FGFGHBIB BBBBJEJE| I look upon the hedgerow flower | A |
| I gaze upon the hedgerow tree | B |
| I walk alone the silent hour | A |
| And think of Mary Appleby | B |
| I see her in the brimming streams | C |
| I see her in the gloaming hour | A |
| I hear her in my Summer dreams | C |
| Of singing bird and blooming flower | A |
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| For Mary is the dearest bird | D |
| And Mary is the sweetest flower | A |
| That in Spring bush was ever heard | D |
| That ever bloomed on bank or bower | A |
| O bonny Mary Appleby | B |
| The sun did never sweeter shine | E |
| Than when in youth I courted thee | B |
| And dreaming fancied you'd be mine | E |
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| The lark above the meadow sings | F |
| Wood pigeons coo in ivied trees | G |
| The butterflies on painted wings | F |
| Dance daily with the meadow bees | G |
| All Nature is in happy mood | H |
| The sueing breeze is blowing free | B |
| And o'er the fields and by the wood | I |
| I think of Mary Appleby | B |
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| O bonny Mary Appleby | B |
| My once dear Mary Appleby | B |
| A crown of gold thy own should be | B |
| My handsome Mary Appleby | B |
| Thy face is like the Summer rose | J |
| Its maiden bloom is all divine | E |
| And more than all the world bestows | J |
| I'd give had Mary e'er been mine | E |
John Clare
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