The Three Maidens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG EHI ECJ KLJMEJ| A KNIGHT right bold rode over the wold | A |
| Saluted maidens three | B |
| 'Now if each possess'd what she liked best | C |
| What would her portion be ' | D |
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| The eldest replied 'A carriage of pride | E |
| And milkwhite steeds so fine | F |
| With a prince of renown to claim as my own | G |
| And rapture unpeered were mine ' | - |
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| The second replied 'For no carriage of pride | E |
| Nor milkwhite steeds I yearn | H |
| But to move in the ball the envy of all | I |
| And laugh the gallants to scorn ' | - |
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| The youngest she sighed and shyly replied | E |
| 'The sole sole wish of my breast | C |
| Is to merit the hand of the best in the land | J |
| And serve my husband the best ' | - |
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| Now alights from his steed the knight and with | K |
| speed | L |
| He takes the shy maid by the hand | J |
| They mount and they ride she's now the King's | M |
| bride | E |
| And Queen of all the land | J |
Joseph Skipsey
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