The Modest Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DEDFGHGF IJJKLMMK| O COULD I a garland braid | A |
| That would never never fade | A |
| I would crown the modest maid | A |
| Queen of earth's joy giving band | B |
| Poor or wealthy dark or fair | C |
| Lo that happy one's an heir | C |
| To a dowery as rare | C |
| As e'er fell from fortune's hand | B |
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| Not the look which once to spy | D |
| Would the stoic's pride destroy | E |
| Could to my astonished eye | D |
| Her endearing looks eclipse | F |
| Not the music which to hear | G |
| Would dispel the cynic's sneer | H |
| Could to my astonished ear | G |
| Spoil the music of her lips | F |
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| Let the haughty beauty frown | I |
| Let the wretch her rigour own | J |
| Once her mid day splendour flown | J |
| Banished is her boasted power | K |
| Whereas she that's modest wears | L |
| Dearer with the march of years | M |
| Yea like yonder sun appears | M |
| Grandest in her setting hour | K |
Joseph Skipsey
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