Cherry-time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAAAAABB CDCDAAAAAACC EDEDAAAAAAEE| Cherries of the night are riper | A |
| Than the cherries pluckt at noon | B |
| Gather to your fairy piper | A |
| When he pipes his magic tune | B |
| Merry merry | A |
| Take a cherry | A |
| Mine are sounder | A |
| Mine are rounder | A |
| Mine are sweeter | A |
| For the eater | A |
| Under the moon | B |
| And you'll be fairies soon | B |
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| In the cherry pluckt at night | C |
| With the dew of summer swelling | D |
| There's a juice of pure delight | C |
| Cool dark sweet divinely smelling | D |
| Merry merry | A |
| Take a cherry | A |
| Mine are sounder | A |
| Mine are rounder | A |
| Mine are sweeter | A |
| For the eater | A |
| In the moonlight | C |
| And you'll be fairies quite | C |
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| When I sound the fairy call | E |
| Gather here in silent meeting | D |
| Chin to knee on the orchard wall | E |
| Cooled with dew and cherries eating | D |
| Merry merry | A |
| Take a cherry | A |
| Mine are sounder | A |
| Mine are rounder | A |
| Mine are sweeter | A |
| For the eater | A |
| When the dews fall | E |
| And you'll be fairies all | E |
Robert Graves
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