The Sheperd Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECECFCF CGCGCHCH IJIJADAD| LIKE some vision olden | A |
| Of far other time | B |
| When the age was golden | A |
| In the young world's prime | B |
| Is thy soft pipe ringing | C |
| O lonely shepherd boy | D |
| What song art thou singing | C |
| In thy youth and joy | D |
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| Or art thou complaining | C |
| Of thy lowly lot | E |
| And thine own disdaining | C |
| Dost ask what thou hast not | E |
| Of the future dreaming | C |
| Weary of the past | F |
| For the present scheming | C |
| All but what thou hast | F |
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| No thou art delighting | C |
| In thy summer home | G |
| Where the flowers inviting | C |
| Tempt the bee to roam | G |
| Where the cowslip bending | C |
| With its golden bells | H |
| Of each glad hour's ending | C |
| With a sweet chime tells | H |
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| All wild creatures love him | I |
| When he is alone | J |
| Every bird above him | I |
| Sings its softest tone | J |
| Thankful to high Heaven | A |
| Humble in thy joy | D |
| Much to thee is given | A |
| Lowly shepherd boy | D |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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