A Pastoral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDBB AABB AABB EEBB FFBB AABB GGBB AABB AABB| Oh tell me ye shepherds tell me I pray | A |
| Have you seen the fair Jessie pass by this way | A |
| You ne'er could forget her if once you had seen | B |
| She's fair as the morning she moves like a Queen | B |
| - | |
| My sheep are neglected my crook's thrown aside | C |
| In pursuit of dear Jessie sweet Jessie my bride | C |
| I hear nothing of her no tidings can glean | B |
| To see is to know her she moves like a Queen | B |
| - | |
| Say have you seen her oh pity my grief | D |
| Speak quick and impart me the needful relief | D |
| You cannot forget her if once you have seen | B |
| She's lovely as Venus she moves like a Queen | B |
| - | |
| Have you not seen her then listen I pray | A |
| Oh listen to what a poor shepherd can say | A |
| In the praise of one ne'er so lovely was seen | B |
| She's youthful as Hebe she moves like a Queen | B |
| - | |
| She's fair as the Spring in the mild month of May | A |
| She's brilliant as June decked in flowerets so gay | A |
| You ne'er could forget her if once you had seen | B |
| She's charming as Flora she moves like a Queen | B |
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| Oh tell me not Damon that yours can compare | E |
| To Jessie sweet Jessie with beauty so rare | E |
| With a face of such sweetness so modest a mien | B |
| She's like morn in its freshness she moves like a Queen | B |
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| You tell me your Sylvia is beautiful quite | F |
| She may be when Jessie is kept out of sight | F |
| She is not to be mentioned with Jessie I ween | B |
| Her voice is sweet music she moves like a Queen | B |
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| Then name not your Sylvia with Jessie I pray | A |
| 'Tis comparing dark night with the fair light of day | A |
| Sylvia's movements are clumsy and awkwardly seen | B |
| But Jessie is graceful she moves like a Queen | B |
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| Menalaus' fair wife for beauty far famed | G |
| By the side of my Jessie is not to be named | G |
| Paris ne'er had woo'd Helen if Jessie he'd seen | B |
| She's chaste as Diana she moves like a Queen | B |
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| Oh aid me do aid me ye shepherds I pray | A |
| The time is fast flying no longer I'll stay | A |
| You cannot mistake her there's none like her seen | B |
| She's lovely as Venus she moves like a Queen | B |
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| Do help me to find her I'm wild with affright | A |
| The day passes swiftly it soon will be night | A |
| There's none to compare with her none like her seen | B |
| More lovely than Venus she moves like a Queen | B |
Mary Ann H. T. Bigelow
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