A Ballad Of Two Knights Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHFH ICJC KLML| Two knights rode forth at early dawn | A |
| A seeking maids to wed | B |
| Said one My lady must be fair | C |
| With gold hair on her head | B |
| - | |
| Then spake the other knight at arms | D |
| I care not for her face | E |
| But she I love must be a dove | F |
| For purity and grace | E |
| - | |
| And each knight blew upon his horn | G |
| And went his separate way | H |
| And each knight found a lady love | F |
| Before the fall of day | H |
| - | |
| But she was brown who should have had | I |
| The shining yellow hair | C |
| I ween the knights forgot their words | J |
| Or else they ceased to care | C |
| - | |
| For he who wanted purity | K |
| Brought home a wanton wild | L |
| And when each saw the other knight | M |
| I ween that each knight smiled | L |
Sara Teasdale
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