Eve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDBCEFEGHHIGJKEL MMKNOOPQRRSQTTEAUUVB WWBSKKXSYYHTZZA2TRB2 DDEB2OOC2Y| Eve with her basket was | A |
| Deep in the bells and grass | B |
| Wading in bells and grass | B |
| Up to her knees | C |
| Picking a dish of sweet | D |
| Berries and plums to eat | D |
| Down in the bell and grass | B |
| Under the trees | C |
| Mute as a mouse in a | E |
| Corner the cobra lay | F |
| Circled round a bough of the | E |
| Cinnamon tall | G |
| Now to get even and | H |
| Humble proud heaven and | H |
| Now was the moment or | I |
| Never at all | G |
| 'Eva ' Each syllable | J |
| Light as a flower fell | K |
| 'Eva ' he whispered the | E |
| Wondering maid | L |
| Soft as a bubble sung | M |
| Out of a linnet's lung | M |
| Soft and most silverly | K |
| 'Eva ' he said | N |
| Picture that orchard sprite | O |
| Eve with her body white | O |
| Supple and smooth to her | P |
| Slim finger tips | Q |
| Wondering listening | R |
| Listening wondering | R |
| Eve with a berry | S |
| Half way to her lips | Q |
| Oh had our simple Eve | T |
| Seen through the make believe | T |
| Had she but known the | E |
| Pretender he was | A |
| Out of the boughs he came | U |
| Whispering still her name | U |
| Tumbling in twenty rings | V |
| Into the grass | B |
| Here was the strangest pair | W |
| In the world anywhere | W |
| Eve in the bells and grass | B |
| Kneeling and he | S |
| Telling the story low | K |
| Singing birds saw them go | K |
| Down the dark path to | X |
| The Blasphemous Tree | S |
| O what a clatter when | Y |
| Titmouse and Jenny Wren | Y |
| Saw him successful and | H |
| Taking his leave | T |
| How the birds rated him | Z |
| How they all hated him | Z |
| How they all pitied | A2 |
| Poor motherless Eve | T |
| Picture her crying | R |
| Outside in the lane | B2 |
| Eve with no dish of sweet | D |
| Berries and plums to eat | D |
| Haunting the gate of the | E |
| Orchard in vain | B2 |
| Picture the lewd delight | O |
| Under the hill to night | O |
| 'Eva ' the toast goes round | C2 |
| 'Eva ' again | Y |
Ralph Hodgson
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