Poet John Clare

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To My Wife--a Valentine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIII JKJKDBDB LBMBNOAO KPKPQDQD IIIIOIRI QIIISDSD

O once I had a true loveA
As blest as I could beB
Patty was my turtle doveA
And Patty she loved meB
We walked the fields togetherC
By roses and woodbineD
In Summer's sunshine weatherC
And Patty she was mineD
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We stopped to gather primrosesE
And violets white and blueF
In pastures and green closesG
All glistening with the dewF
We sat upon green mole hillsH
Among the daisy flowersI
To hear the small birds' merry trillsI
And share the sunny hoursI
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The blackbird on her grassy nestJ
We would not scare awayK
Who nuzzling sat with brooding breastJ
On her eggs for half the dayK
The chaffinch chirruped on the thornD
And a pretty nest had sheB
The magpie chattered all the mornD
From her perch upon the treeB
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And I would go to Patty's cotL
And Patty came to meB
Each knew the other's very thoughtM
Under the hawthorn treeB
And Patty had a kiss to giveN
And Patty had a smileO
To bid me hope and bid me loveA
At every stopping stileO
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We loved one Summer quite awayK
And when another cameP
The cowslip close and sunny dayK
It found us much the sameP
We both looked on the selfsame thingQ
Till both became as oneD
The birds did in the hedges singQ
And happy time went onD
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The brambles from the hedge advanceI
In love with Patty's eyesI
On flowers like ladies at a danceI
Flew scores of butterfliesI
I claimed a kiss at every stileO
And had her kind repliesI
The bees did round the woodbine toilR
Where sweet the small wind sighsI
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Then Patty was a slight young thingQ
Now she's long past her teensI
And we've been married many springsI
And mixed in many scenesI
And I'll be true for Patty's sakeS
And she'll be true for mineD
And I this little ballad makeS
To be her valentineD

John Clare



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