Jonquil And Fleur-de-lys Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC A ADAD A EFEF GGGG HIHI JKJK GFGF LGLG G KMKM G HNHN G KKKK G OGOG G G G KPKP QGQG RHRH GSGS GTGT G IBIB G HUUU G GTGT G RUR G GVG WXW YG UZUA2 B2LB2L VGV G UVUV G UGUG G ITIT G TMTMi | A |
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Jonquil was a shepherd lad | B |
White he was as the curded cream | C |
Hair like the buttercups he had | B |
And wet green eyes like a full chalk stream | C |
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ii | A |
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His teeth were as white as the stones that lie | A |
Down in the depths of the sun bright river | D |
And his lashes danced like a dragon fly | A |
With drops on the gauzy wings that quiver | D |
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iii | A |
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His lips were as red as round ripe cherries | E |
And his delicate cheek's and his rose pink neck | F |
Were stained with the colour of dog rose berries | E |
When they lie on the snow like a crimson fleck | F |
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His feet were all stained with the cowslips and grass | G |
To amber and verdigris | G |
And through his folds one day did pass | G |
The young prince Fleur de lys | G |
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Fleur de lys was the son of the king | H |
He was as white as an onyx stone | I |
His hair was curled like a daffodil ring | H |
And his eyes were like gems in the queen's blue zone | I |
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vi | - |
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His teeth were as white as the white pearls set | J |
Round the thick white throat of the queen in the hall | K |
And his lashes were like the dark silk net | J |
That she binds her yellow hair withal | K |
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His lips were as red as the red rubies | G |
The king's bright dagger hilt that deck | F |
And pale rose pink as the amethyst is | G |
Were his delicate cheeks and his rose pink neck | F |
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His feet were all shod in shoes of gold | L |
And his coat was as gold as a blackbird's bill is | G |
With jewel on jewel manifold | L |
And wrought with a pattern of golden lilies | G |
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ix | G |
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When Fleur de lys espied Jonquil | K |
He was as glad as a bird in May | M |
He tripped right swiftly a down the hill | K |
And called to the shepherd boy to play | M |
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x | G |
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This fell out ere the sheep shearing | H |
That these two lads did sport and toy | N |
Fleur de lys the son of the king | H |
And sweet Jonquil the shepherd boy | N |
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xi | G |
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And after they had played awhile | K |
Thereafter they to talking fell | K |
And full an hour they did beguile | K |
While each his state and lot did tell | K |
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xii | G |
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For Jonquil spake of the little sheep | O |
And the tender ewes that know their names | G |
And he spake of his wattled hut for sleep | O |
And the country sports and the shepherds' games | G |
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xiii | G |
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And he plucked a reed from the edge that girds | G |
The river bank and with his knife | - |
Made a pipe with a breath like the singing birds | G |
When they flute to their loves in a musical strife | - |
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xiv | - |
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And he told of the night so long and still | K |
When he lay awake till he heard the feet | P |
Of the goat foot god coming over the hill | K |
And the rustling sound as he passed through the wheat | P |
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And Fleur de lys told of the king and the court | Q |
And the stately dames and the slender pages | G |
Of his horse and his hawk and his mimic fort | Q |
And the silent birds in their golden cages | G |
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xvi | - |
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And the jewelled sword with the damask blade | R |
That should be his in his fifteenth spring | H |
And the silver sound that the gold horns made | R |
And the tourney lists and the tilting ring | H |
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xvii | - |
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And after that they did devise | G |
For mirth and sport that each should wear | S |
The other's clothes and in this guise | G |
Make play each other's parts to bear | S |
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xviii | - |
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Whereon they stripped off all their clothes | G |
And when they stood up in the sun | T |
They were as like as one white rose | G |
On one green stalk to another one | T |
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xix | G |
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And when Jonquil as a prince was shown | I |
And Fleur de lys as a shepherd lad | B |
Their mothers' selves would not have known | I |
That each the other's habit had | B |
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xx | G |
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And Jonquil walked like the son of a king | H |
With dainty steps and proud haut look | U |
And Fleur de lys that sweet youngling | U |
Did push and paddle his feet in the brook | U |
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xxi | G |
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And while they made play in this wise | G |
Unto them all in haste did run | T |
Two lords of the court with joyful cries | G |
That long had sought the young king's son | T |
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xxii | G |
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And to Jonquil they reverence made | R |
And said ' My lord we are come from the king | U |
Who is sore vexed that thou hast strayed | R |
So far without a following ' | - |
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xxiii | G |
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Then unto them said Fleur de lys | G |
' You do mistake my lords for know | V |
That I am the son of the king and this | G |
Is sweet Jonquil my playfellow ' | - |
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xxiv | - |
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Whereat one of these lords replied | W |
' Thou lying knave I'll make thee rue | X |
Such saucy words ' But Jonquil cried | W |
' Nay nay my lord 'tis even true ' | - |
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Whereat these lords were sore distressed | Y |
And one made answer bending knee | G |
' My lord the prince is pleased to jest ' | - |
But Jonquil answered ' Thou shalt see ' | - |
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Sure never yet so strange a thing | U |
As this before was seen | Z |
That a shepherd was thought the son of a king | U |
And a prince a shepherd boy to have been | A2 |
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xxvii | - |
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' Now mark me well my noble lord | B2 |
A shepherd's feet go bare and cold | L |
Therefore they are all green from the sward | B2 |
And the buttercup makes a stain of gold | L |
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' That I am Jonquil thus thou shalt know | V |
And that this be very Fleur de lys | G |
If his feet be like the driven snow | V |
And mine like the amber and verdigris ' | - |
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xxix | G |
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He lifted up the shepherd's frock | U |
That clothed the prince and straight did show | V |
That his naked feet all under his smock | U |
Were whiter than the driven snow | V |
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xxx | G |
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He doffed the shoes and the clothes of silk | U |
That he had gotten from Fleur de lys | G |
And all the rest was as white as milk | U |
But his feet were like amber and verdigris | G |
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xxxi | G |
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With that they each took back his own | I |
And when his second change was done | T |
As a shepherd boy was Jonquil shown | I |
And Fleur de lys the king's true son | T |
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xxxii | G |
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By this the sun was low in the heaven | T |
And Fleur de lys must ride away | M |
But ere he left with kisses seven | T |
He vowed to come another day | M |
Lord Alfred Douglas
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