Tarrant Moss Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBBE FGFG HIHJ KLKL MNBN OCAC| I closed and drew for my love's sake | A |
| That now is false to me | B |
| And I slew the Reiver of Tarrant Moss | C |
| And set Dumeny free | B |
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| They have gone down they have gone down | D |
| They are standing all arow | B |
| Twenty knights in the peat water | B |
| That never struck a blow | E |
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| Their armour shall not dull nor rust | F |
| Their flesh shall not decay | G |
| For Tarrant Moss holds them in trust | F |
| Until the Judgment Day | G |
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| Their soul went from them in their youth | H |
| Ah God that mine had gone | I |
| Whenas I leaned on my love's truth | H |
| And not on my sword alone | J |
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| Whenas I leaned on lad's belief | K |
| And not on my naked blade | L |
| And I slew a thief and an honest thief | K |
| For the sake of a worthless maid | L |
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| They have laid the Reiver low in his place | M |
| They have set me up on high | N |
| But the twenty knights in the peat water | B |
| Are luckier than I | N |
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| And ever they give me gold and praise | O |
| And ever I mourn my loss | C |
| For I struck the blow for my false love's sake | A |
| And not for the Men of the Moss | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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