Lochinvar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDCBEEDD FFGHDD IIJJDD KKLLDD MMNNDD DDOODD PPQQDD

O young Lochinvar is come out of the westA
Through all the wide Border his steed was the bestA
And save his good broadsword he weapons had noneB
He rode all unarm'd and he rode all aloneC
So faithful in love and so dauntless in warD
There never was knight like the young LochinvarD
He staid not for brake and he stopp'd not for stoneC
He swam the Eske river where ford there was noneB
But ere he alighted at Netherby gateE
The bride had consented the gallant came lateE
For a laggard in love and a dastard in warD
Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave LochinvarD
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So boldly he enter'd the Netherby HallF
Among bride's men and kinsmen and brothers and allF
Then spoke the bride's father his hand on his swordG
For the poor craven bridegroom said never a wordH
O come ye in peace here or come ye in warD
Or to dance at our bridal young Lord LochinvarD
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I long woo'd your daughter my suit you deniedI
Love swells like the Solway but ebbs like its tideI
And now I am come with this lost love of mineJ
To lead but one measure drink one cup of wineJ
There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by farD
That would gladly be bride to the young LochinvarD
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The bride kiss'd the goblet the knight took it upK
He quaff'd off the wine and he threw down the cupK
She look'd down to blush and she look'd up to sighL
With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eyeL
He took her soft hand ere her mother could barD
Now tread we a measure said young LochinvarD
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So stately his form and so lovely her faceM
That never a hall such a gailiard did graceM
While her mother did fret and her father did fumeN
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plumeN
And the bride maidens whisper'd 'twere better by farD
To have match'd our fair cousin with young LochinvarD
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One touch to her hand and one word in her earD
When they reach'd the hall door and the charger stood nearD
So light to the croupe the fair lady he swungO
So light to the saddle before her he sprungO
She is won we are gone over bank bush and scaurD
They'll have fleet steeds that follow quoth young LochinvarD
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There was mounting 'mong Graemes of the Netherby clanP
Forsters Fenwicks and Musgraves they rode and they ranP
There was racing and chasing on Cannobie LeeQ
But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they seeQ
So daring in love and so dauntless in warD
Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young LochinvarD

Sir Walter Scott



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