The Songstress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KLKK| A | |
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| THE dearest accents ever heard | B |
| Are thine my canny Sally nay | C |
| Thou art to me the sweetest bird | B |
| That ever charmed the hours away | C |
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| I listen to each syllable | D |
| Doth from thy lips of scarlet flow | E |
| And how I feel I cannot tell | F |
| But fain would feel forever so | E |
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| The stalest jest the tritest tale | G |
| The rudest air the longest song | H |
| From thee were neither trite nor stale | G |
| From thee were neither rude nor long | H |
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| Thy music puts me in a trance | I |
| When I'm to heaviness inclined | J |
| And maketh me in glee to dance | I |
| When I've no dancing in my mind | J |
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| The well played lute panpipe or flute | K |
| May must the tender heart enchant | L |
| But neither flute panpipe or lute | K |
| Had ever thy sweet tongue to vaunt | K |
Joseph Skipsey
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