A Fairy Cavalier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JKJK LMLM NKNK| By a mushroom in the moon | A |
| White as bud from budded berry | B |
| Silver buckles on my shoon | A |
| Ho the moon shines merry | B |
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| Here I sit and drink my grog | C |
| Stocks and tunic ouphen yellow | D |
| Skinned from belly of a frog | C |
| Quite a fine fierce fellow | D |
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| My good cloak a bat's wing gave | E |
| And a beetle's wings my bonnet | F |
| And a moth's head grew the brave | E |
| Gallant feather on it | G |
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| Faith I have rich jewels rare | H |
| Rings and carcanets all studded | I |
| Thick with spiders' eyes that glare | H |
| Like great rubies blooded | I |
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| And I swear sirs by my blade | J |
| Sirrah a good stabbing hanger | K |
| From a hornet's stinger made | J |
| When I am in anger | K |
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| Fill the lichen pottles up | L |
| Honey pressed from hearts of roses | M |
| Cheek by jowl up with each cup | L |
| Till we hide our noses | M |
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| Good sirs marry 'tis the cock | N |
| Hey away the moon's lost fire | K |
| Ho the cock our dial and clock | N |
| Hide we 'neath this brier | K |
Madison Julius Cawein
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