The Shepherd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABC AADD AAEE FFGH| On a fragment by De Bussy | A |
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| Thy slender form I think I see | A |
| On winter hills of Tuscany | A |
| Thy slender pipe I think I hear | B |
| So very faint so very clear | C |
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| That lonely reed It seems to me | A |
| To sing thine own simplicity | A |
| For thou art but a child and young | D |
| How should 'st thou know a subtler tongue | D |
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| Then still a child I pray thee pass | A |
| I would not see thee with a lass | A |
| Nor follow thee o'er grass and rock | E |
| As thou dost lead some larger flock | E |
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| Ah no That little wilding pipe | F |
| I would not give for one more ripe | F |
| E'en glad were I to hear it spent | G |
| Unchanged and thou still innocent | H |
Margaret Steele Anderson
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