Away To The Well Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CDCD ABAB| AWAY to the well lilted Annie | A |
| Away with her skiel to the well | B |
| Away to the well whistled Johnnie | A |
| The pride and delight of the dell | B |
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| Sweet sweet is the well but ah sweeter | C |
| The words of the silver tongued elf | D |
| I counsel the youth who shall meet her | C |
| To keep a strict guard on himself | D |
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| Deep deep is the well but ah deeper | C |
| The guile of the silver tongued elf | D |
| And the laugher she'll turn to a weeper | C |
| Unless he look well to himself | D |
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| 'Twas thus proved the mortal to Johnnie | A |
| Lo pale now he wanders the dell | B |
| Pale pale with the potion that Annie | A |
| Had caused him to drink at the well | B |
Joseph Skipsey
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