Mary Bateman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFEFGG HEIEJJ KLKLMN| My love she wears a cotton plaid | A |
| A bonnet of the straw | B |
| Her cheeks are leaves of roses spread | C |
| Her lips are like the haw | B |
| In truth she is as sweet a maid | D |
| As true love ever saw | B |
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| Her curls are ever in my eyes | E |
| As nets by Cupid flung | F |
| Her voice will oft my sleep surprise | E |
| More sweet then ballad sung | F |
| O Mary Bateman's curling hair | G |
| I wake and there is nothing there | G |
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| I wake and fall asleep again | H |
| The same delights in visions rise | E |
| There's nothing can appear more plain | I |
| Than those rose cheeks and those bright eyes | E |
| I wake again and all alone | J |
| Sits Darkness on his ebon throne | J |
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| All silent runs the silver Trent | K |
| The cobweb veils are all wet through | L |
| A silver bead's on every bent | K |
| On every leaf a bleb of dew | L |
| I sighed the moon it shone so clear | M |
| Was Mary Bateman walking here | N |
John Clare
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