Good King Wenceslas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHBHB IJIJKJKJ LJLJMFMF NNNNJGJG| Good King Wenceslas looked out | A |
| On the feast of Stephen | B |
| When the snow lay round about | A |
| Deep and crisp and even | C |
| Brightly shone the moon that night | D |
| Though the frost was cruel | E |
| When a poor man came in sight | D |
| Gathering winter fuel | E |
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| Hither page and stand by me | F |
| If thou know'st it telling | G |
| Yonder peasant who is he | F |
| Where and what his dwelling | G |
| Sire he lives a good league hence | H |
| Underneath the mountain | B |
| Right against the forest fence | H |
| By Saint Agnes' fountain | B |
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| Bring me flesh and bring me wine | I |
| Bring me pine logs hither | J |
| Thou and I will see him dine | I |
| When we bear them thither | J |
| Page and monarch forth they went | K |
| Forth they went together | J |
| Though the rude winds wild lament | K |
| And the bitter weather | J |
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| Sire the night is darker now | L |
| And the wind blows stronger | J |
| Fails my heart I know now how | L |
| I can go no longer | J |
| Mark my footsteps my good page | M |
| Tread thou in them boldly | F |
| Thou shalt find the winter's rage | M |
| Freeze thy blood less coldly | F |
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| In his master's steps he trod | N |
| Where the snow lay dinted | N |
| Heat was in the very sod | N |
| Which the saint had printed | N |
| Therefore Christian men be sure | J |
| Wealth or rank possessing | G |
| Ye who now will bless the poor | J |
| Shall yourselves find blessing | G |
John Mason Neale
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