In The Dim Counties Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADED FGAG AHAH IJKJ ADLD AMAMIn the dim counties | A |
we take the long calm | B |
Lilting no haziness | A |
sequel or psalm | C |
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The little street wenches | A |
The holy and clean | D |
Live as good neighbours live | E |
under the green | D |
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Malice of sunbeam or | F |
menace of moon | G |
Piping shall leave us | A |
no taste of a tune | G |
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In the dim counties | A |
the eyelids are dumb | H |
To the lean citizens | A |
Love cannot come | H |
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Love in the yellowing | I |
Love at the turn | J |
Love o' the cooing lip | K |
how should he burn | J |
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The little street wenches | A |
the callous unclean | D |
Could they but tell us what | L |
all the gods mean | D |
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Love cannot sabre us | A |
blood cannot flow | M |
In the dim counties | A |
that wait us below | M |
John Shaw Neilson
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