Peggy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBCC DDEE FFGG| Peggy said good morning and I said good bye | A |
| When farmers dib the corn and laddies sow the rye | A |
| Young Peggy's face was common sense and I was rather shy | A |
| When I met her in the morning when the farmers sow the rye | A |
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| Her half laced boots fit tightly as she tripped along the grass | B |
| And she set her foot so lightly where the early bee doth pass | B |
| Oh Peggy was a young thing her face was common sense | C |
| I courted her about the spring and loved her ever thence | C |
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| Oh Peggy was the young thing and bonny as to size | D |
| Her lips were cherries of the spring and hazel were her eyes | D |
| Oh Peggy she was straight and tall as is the poplar tree | E |
| Smooth as the freestone of the wall and very dear to me | E |
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| Oh Peggy's gown was chocolate and full of cherries white | F |
| I keep a bit on't for her sake and love her day and night | F |
| I drest myself just like a prince and Peggy went to woo | G |
| But she's been gone some ten years since and I know not what to do | G |
John Clare
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