Bonny Mary Ann Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FBGBHDHD IJIJJDJD KDKDLDLD MNMNDDDD| When but a little toddlin thing | A |
| I'th' heather sweet shoo'd play | B |
| An like a fay on truant wing | A |
| Shoo'd rammel far away | B |
| An even butterflees wod come | C |
| Her lovely face to scan | D |
| An th' burds wod sing ther sweetest song | E |
| For bonny Mary Ann | D |
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| Shoo didn't fade as years flew by | F |
| But added day bi day | B |
| Some little touch ov witchery | G |
| Some little winnin way | B |
| Her lovely limbs an angel face | H |
| To paint noa mortal can | D |
| Shoo seemed possessed ov ivvery grace | H |
| Did bonny Mary Ann | D |
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| To win her wod be heaven indeed | I |
| Soa off aw went to woo | J |
| Mi tale o' love shoo didn't heed | I |
| Altho' mi heart spake too | J |
| Aw axt what wants ta onnyway | J |
| Shoo sed aw want a man | D |
| Then laffin gay shoo tript away | J |
| Mi bonny Mary Ann | D |
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| Thinks aw well aw'll be man enough | K |
| To leeav thi to thisen | D |
| Some day tha'll net be quite as chuff | K |
| Aw'll wait an try thi then | D |
| 'Twor hard it ommost braik mi heart | L |
| To carry aght mi plan | D |
| But honestly aw played mi part | L |
| An lost mi Mary Ann | D |
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| For nah shoo's wed an lost yo see | M |
| But oh revenge is sweet | N |
| Her husband's less bi th' hawf nor me | M |
| His face is like a freet | N |
| An what enticed her aw must own | D |
| To guess noa mortal can | D |
| For what it is is nobbut known | D |
| To him an Mary Ann | D |
John Hartley
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