At The Stile Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AAAA EAEA ABAB FBGBYoung Harry leapt over the stile and kissed her | A |
Over the stile the stars a winking | B |
He thought it was Mary 't was Mary's sister | A |
And love hath a way of thinking | B |
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Thy pail sweetheart I will take and carry | C |
Over the stile the stars hang yellow | D |
Just to the spring my sweetheart Harry | C |
And love is a heartless fellow | D |
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Thou saidst me yea when the frost did shower | A |
Over the stile from stars a shiver | A |
I say thee nay now the cherry trees flower | A |
And love is taker and giver | A |
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O false thou art false to me sweetheart | E |
Over the stile the stars a glister | A |
To thee the stars and myself sweetheart | E |
I never was aught save Mary's sister | A |
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Sweet Mary's sister and thou my Harry | A |
Her Harry and mine but mine the weeping | B |
In a month or twain you two will marry | A |
And I in my grave be sleeping | B |
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Alone among the meadows of millet | F |
Over the stile the stars pursuing | B |
Some tears in her pail as she stoops to fill it | G |
And love hath a way of doing | B |
Madison Julius Cawein
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