The Frog And The Golden Ball Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKA LMN| She let her golden ball fall down the well | A |
| And begged a cold frog to retrieve it | B |
| For which she kissed his ugly gaping mouth | C |
| Indeed he could scarce believe it | B |
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| And seeing him transformed to his princely shape | D |
| Who had been by hags enchanted | E |
| She knew she could never love another man | F |
| Nor by any fate be daunted | E |
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| But what would her royal father and mother say | G |
| They had promised her in marriage | H |
| To a cousin whose wide kingdom marched with theirs | I |
| Who rode in a jeweled carriage | H |
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| 'Our plight dear heart would appear past human hope | J |
| To all except you and me to all | K |
| Who have never swum as a frog in a dark well | A |
| Or have lost a golden ball ' | - |
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| 'What then shall we do now ' she asked her lover | L |
| He kissed her again and said | M |
| 'Is magic of love less powerful at your Court | N |
| Than at this green well head ' | - |
Robert Graves
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