Achill Girl's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB DEBE BFGF HEIE| FROM THE IRISH | A |
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| I d bring you these for dowry | B |
| A field from heather free | B |
| White sheep upon the mountain | C |
| And calves that follow me | B |
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| I saw you by the well side | D |
| Upon Saint Finnian's Day | E |
| I thought you'd come and ask for me | B |
| But you kept far away | E |
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| Oh if you ask not for me | B |
| But leave me here instead | F |
| The petticoat in dye pot here | G |
| Will never fast its red | F |
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| For me upon the well slope | H |
| To wear on Finnian's Day | E |
| My dress will be the sheet bleached there | I |
| My place below the clay | E |
Padraic Colum
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