Phillida And Coridon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDDEECCFFGGHH IIBBAA| In the merry month of May | A |
| In a morn by break of day | A |
| Forth I walk'd by the wood side | B |
| When as May was in his pride | B |
| There I spi egrave d all alone | C |
| Phillida and Coridon | C |
| Much ado there was God wot | B |
| He would love and she would not | B |
| She said Never man was true | D |
| He said None was false to you | D |
| He said He had loved her long | E |
| She said Love should have no wrong | E |
| Coridon would kiss her then | C |
| She said Maids must kiss no men | C |
| Till they did for good and all | F |
| Then she made the shepherd call | F |
| All the heavens to witness truth | G |
| Never loved a truer youth | G |
| Thus with many a pretty oath | H |
| Yea and nay and faith and troth | H |
| Such as silly shepherds use | I |
| When they will not Love abuse | I |
| Love which had been long deluded | B |
| Was with kisses sweet concluded | B |
| And Phillida with garlands gay | A |
| Was made the Lady of the May | A |
Nicholas Breton
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