A Shepherd's Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIBIB JCJCKLKLMGMGNBOB| A silly shepherd lately sat | A |
| Among a flock of sheep | B |
| Where musing long on this and that | A |
| At last he fell asleep | B |
| And in the slumber as he lay | C |
| He gave a piteous groan | D |
| He thought his sheep were run away | C |
| And he was left alone | D |
| He whoop'd he whistled and he call'd | E |
| But not a sheep came near him | F |
| Which made the shepherd sore appall'd | E |
| To see that none would hear him | F |
| But as the swain amaz d stood | G |
| In this most solemn vein | H |
| Came Phyllida forth of the wood | G |
| And stood before the swain | H |
| Whom when the shepherd did behold | I |
| He straight began to weep | B |
| And at the heart he grew a cold | I |
| To think upon his sheep | B |
| For well he knew where came the queen | J |
| The shepherd durst not stay | C |
| And where that he durst not be seen | J |
| The sheep must needs away | C |
| To ask her if she saw his flock | K |
| Might happen patience move | L |
| And have an answer with a mock | K |
| That such demanders prove | L |
| Yet for because he saw her come | M |
| Alone out of the wood | G |
| He thought he would not stand as dumb | M |
| When speech might do him good | G |
| And therefore falling on his knees | N |
| To ask but for his sheep | B |
| He did awake and so did leese | O |
| The honour of his sleep | B |
Nicholas Breton
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