The Dole Of The King's Daughter (breton) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF DGDG HIHI JKJK LMLM NNNN| Seven stars in the still water | A |
| And seven in the sky | B |
| Seven sins on the King's daughter | A |
| Deep in her soul to lie | B |
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| Red roses are at her feet | C |
| Roses are red in her red gold hair | D |
| And O where her bosom and girdle meet | C |
| Red roses are hidden there | D |
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| Fair is the knight who lieth slain | E |
| Amid the rush and reed | F |
| See the lean fishes that are fain | E |
| Upon dead men to feed | F |
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| Sweet is the page that lieth there | D |
| Cloth of gold is goodly prey | G |
| See the black ravens in the air | D |
| Black O black as the night are they | G |
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| What do they there so stark and dead | H |
| There is blood upon her hand | I |
| Why are the lilies flecked with red | H |
| There is blood on the river sand | I |
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| There are two that ride from the south and east | J |
| And two from the north and west | K |
| For the black raven a goodly feast | J |
| For the King's daughter rest | K |
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| There is one man who loves her true | L |
| Red O red is the stain of gore | M |
| He hath duggen a grave by the darksome yew | L |
| One grave will do for four | M |
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| No moon in the still heaven | N |
| In the black water none | N |
| The sins on her soul are seven | N |
| The sin upon his is one | N |
Oscar Wilde
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