Maids In May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC DCDC EFEF CCCC GHGHICIC JKJK FL| Three 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 William Service
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