Hey Robin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGFG DHDH DIDI BJBJ| The first two lines are old | A |
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| HEY Robin jolly Robin | B |
| Tell me how thy lady doth | C |
| Is she laughing is she sobbing | D |
| Is she gay or grave or both | E |
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| Is she like the finch so merry | F |
| Lilting in her father's hall | G |
| Or the crow with cry a very | F |
| Plague to each a plague to all | G |
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| Is she like the violet breathing | D |
| Blessings on her native place | H |
| Or the cruel nettle scathing | D |
| All who dare approach her grace | H |
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| Is she like the dew drop sparkling | D |
| When the morn peeps o'er the land | I |
| Or the cloud in mid air darkling | D |
| When a fearful storm's at hand | I |
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| Tut to count the freaks of woman | B |
| Count the pebbles of the seas | J |
| Rob thy lady's not uncommon | B |
| Be or do she what she please | J |
Joseph Skipsey
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