Maids In May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC DCDC EFEF CCCC GHGHICIC JKJK FLThree maids there were in meadow bright | A |
The eldest less then seven | B |
Their eyes were dancing with delight | A |
And innocent as Heaven | B |
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Wild flowers they wound with tender glee | C |
Their cheeks with rapture rosy | C |
All radiant they smiled at me | C |
When I besought a posy | C |
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She gave me a columbine | D |
And one a poppy brought me | C |
The tiniest with eyes ashine | D |
A simple daisy sought me | C |
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And as I went my sober way | E |
I heard their careless laughter | F |
Their hearts too happy with to day | E |
To care for what comes after | F |
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That's long ago they're gone all three | C |
To walk amid the shadows | C |
Forgotten is their lyric glee | C |
In still and sunny meadows | C |
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For Columbine loved life too well | G |
And went adventure fairing | H |
And sank into the pit of hell | G |
And passed but little caring | H |
While Poppy was a poor man's wife | I |
And children had a plenty | C |
And went worn out with toil and strife | I |
When she was five and twenty | C |
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And Daisy died while yet a child | J |
As fragile blossoms perish | K |
When Winter winds are harsh and wild | J |
With none to shield and cherish | K |
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Ah me How fate is dark and dour | F |
To little Children of the Poor | L |
Robert Service
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