Celebates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJKJLELE MNMOGPGP| They must not wed the Doctor said | A |
| For they were far from strong | B |
| And children of their marriage bed | A |
| Might not live overlong | B |
| And yet each eve I saw them pass | C |
| With rapt and eager air | D |
| As fit a seeming lad and lass | C |
| As ought to pair | D |
| - | |
| For twenty years I went away | E |
| And scoured the China Sea | F |
| Then homing came and found that they | E |
| Were still sweet company | F |
| The Doctor and the Priest had banned | G |
| Three times their wedding ties | H |
| Yet they were walking hand in hand | G |
| Love in their eyes | H |
| - | |
| And then I went away again | I |
| For years another score | J |
| And sailored all the Spanish Main | K |
| Ere I returned once more | J |
| And now I see them pass my gate | L |
| So slow and stooped and grey | E |
| And when I asked them Why not mate | L |
| We do they say | E |
| - | |
| No priest and village bells we need | M |
| No Doctor to approve | N |
| The Lord has wedded us indeed | M |
| With everlasting love | O |
| How wonderful to understand | G |
| The working of His will | P |
| Lo We are walking hand in hand | G |
| And sweethearts still | P |
Robert Service
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