The Maypole Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFG| The May pole is up | A |
| Now give me the cup | A |
| I'll drink to the garlands around it | B |
| But first unto those | C |
| Whose hands did compose | C |
| The glory of flowers that crown'd it | B |
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| A health to my girls | D |
| Whose husbands may earls | D |
| Or lords be granting my wishes | E |
| And when that ye wed | F |
| To the bridal bed | F |
| Then multiply all like to fishes | G |
Robert Herrick
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