The Wooing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBEEEB BBBBFFFB GBGBFFFB HBHBBBBB| A youth went faring up and down | A |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| He fared him to the market town | A |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| And there he met a maiden fair | C |
| With hazel eyes and auburn hair | C |
| His heart went from him then and there | C |
| Alack and well a day | B |
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| She posies sold right merrily | D |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| But not a flower was fair as she | D |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| He bought a rose and sighed a sigh | E |
| Ah dearest maiden would that I | E |
| Might dare the seller too to buy | E |
| Alack and well a day | B |
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| She tossed her head the coy coquette | B |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| I'm not sir in the market yet | B |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| Your love must cool upon a shelf | F |
| Tho' much I sell for gold and pelf | F |
| I 'm yet too young to sell myself | F |
| Alack and well a day | B |
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| The youth was filled with sorrow sore | G |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| And looked he at the maid once more | G |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| Then loud he cried Fair maiden if | F |
| Too young to sell now as I live | F |
| You're not too young yourself to give | F |
| Alack and well a day | B |
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| The little maid cast down her eyes | H |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| And many a flush began to rise | H |
| Alack and well a day | B |
| Why since you are so bold she said | B |
| I doubt not you are highly bred | B |
| So take me and the twain were wed | B |
| Alack and well a day | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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