The Woman Of The Mountain Keens Her Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEEF GHIJ KFLH MHKE| Grief on the death it has blackened my heart | A |
| It has snatched my low and left me desolate | B |
| Without friend or companion under the roof of my house | C |
| But this sorrow in the midst of me and I keening | D |
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| As I walked the mountain in the evening | D |
| The birds spoke to me sorrowfully | E |
| The sweet snipe spoke and the voiceless curlew | E |
| Relating to me that my darling was dead | F |
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| I called to you and your voice I heard not | G |
| I called again and I got no answer | H |
| I kissed your mouth and O God how cold it was | I |
| Ah cold is your bed in the lonely churchyard | J |
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| O green sodded grave in which my child is | K |
| Little narrow grave since you are his bed | F |
| My blessing on you and thousands of blessings | L |
| On the green sods that are over my treasure | H |
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| Grief on the death it cannot be denied | M |
| It lays low green and withered together | H |
| And O gentle little son what tortures me is | K |
| That your fair body should be making clay | E |
Padraic Pearse
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