The Enchanted Sheepfold Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JCKC LMNM| The hills far off were blue blue | A |
| The hills at hand were brown | B |
| And all the herd bells called to me | C |
| As I came by the down | B |
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| The briars turned to roses roses | D |
| Ever we stayed to pull | E |
| A white little rose and a red little rose | F |
| And a lock of silver wool | E |
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| Nobody heeded none none | G |
| And when True Love came by | H |
| They thought him naught but the shepherd boy | I |
| Nobody knew but I | H |
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| The trees were feathered like birds birds | J |
| Birds were in every tree | C |
| Yet nobody heeded nobody heard | K |
| Nobody knew save me | C |
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| And he is fairer than all all | L |
| How could a heart go wrong | M |
| For his eyes I knew and his knew mine | N |
| Like an old old song | M |
Josephine Preston Peabody
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