The Shepherd's Wife's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDEE FFBGG HHBII EEBJK LEBMM NNBOOEEE| Ah what is love It is a pretty thing | A |
| As sweet unto a shepherd as a king | A |
| And sweeter too | B |
| For kings have cares that wait upon a crown | C |
| And cares can make the sweetest love to frown | C |
| Ah then ah then | D |
| If country loves such sweet desires do gain | E |
| What lady would not love a shepherd swain | E |
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| His flocks are folded he comes home at night | F |
| As merry as a king in his delight | F |
| And merrier too | B |
| For kings bethink them what the state require | G |
| Where shepherds careless carol by the fire | G |
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| He kisseth first then sits at blithe to eat | H |
| His cream and curds as doth a king his meat | H |
| And blither too | B |
| For kings have often fears when they do sup | I |
| Where shepherds dread no poison in their cup | I |
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| To bed he goes as wanton then I ween | E |
| As is a king in dalliance with a queen | E |
| More wanton too | B |
| For kings have many griefs affects to move | J |
| Where shepherds have no greater grief than love | K |
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| Upon his couch of straw he sleeps as sound | L |
| As doth the king upon his bed of down | E |
| More sounder too | B |
| For cares cause kings full oft their sleep to spill | M |
| Where weary shepherds lie and snort their fill | M |
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| Thus with his wife he spends the year as blithe | N |
| As doth the king at every tide or sithe | N |
| And blither too | B |
| For kings have wars and broils to take in hand | O |
| Where shepherds laugh and love upon the land | O |
| Ah then ah then | E |
| Since country loves such sweet desires do gain | E |
| What lady would not love a shepherd swain | E |
Robert Greene
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