The Farmer's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIGDThe Rector met a little lass | A |
Who led a heifer by a rope | B |
Said he Why don't you go to Mass | A |
Do you not want to please the Pope | B |
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The village maiden made reply | C |
As on the rope she ceased to pull | D |
My father said this morning I | C |
Must take Paquerette to see the bull | D |
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The Rector frowned Tis wrong I wist | E |
To leave your prayer book on the shelf | F |
Your father has a stronger wrist | E |
Why can't he do the job himself | F |
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Then lovely in her innocence | G |
With gaze as pure as meadow pool | H |
The maid spoke in her sire's defense | I |
But Daddy please your Reverence | G |
Would rather leave it to the bull | D |
Robert William Service
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