Mary Dove Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGHGFIFI JKLK IMIMNONO PQPQRSRS| Sweet Summer breathe your softest gales | A |
| To charm my lover's ear | B |
| Ye zephyrs tell your choicest tales | A |
| Where'er she shall appear | C |
| And gently wave the meadow grass | D |
| Where soft she sets her feet | E |
| For my love is a country lass | D |
| And bonny as she's sweet | E |
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| The hedges only seem to mourn | F |
| The willow boughs to sigh | G |
| Though sunshine o'er the meads sojourn | H |
| To cheer me where I lie | G |
| The blackbird in the hedgerow thorn | F |
| Sings loud his Summer lay | I |
| He seems to sing both eve and morn | F |
| She wanders here to day | I |
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| The skylark in the summer cloud | J |
| One cheering anthem sings | K |
| And Mary often wanders out | L |
| To watch his trembling wings | K |
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| I'll wander down the river way | I |
| And wild flower posies make | M |
| For Nature whispers all the day | I |
| She can't her promise break | M |
| The meads already wear a smile | N |
| The river runs more bright | O |
| For down the path and o'er the stile | N |
| The maiden comes in sight | O |
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| The scene begins to look divine | P |
| We'll by the river walk | Q |
| Her arm already seems in mine | P |
| And fancy hears her talk | Q |
| A vision this of early love | R |
| The meadow river rill | S |
| Scenes where I walked with Mary Dove | R |
| Are in my memory still | S |
John Clare
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