The Farmer's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIGD| The 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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