A Nupial Eve (excerpt) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB BCDC BEBE BBBB FBBB GHAH IBBB JKLK MBBB NMBO BBBB| The murmur of the mourning ghost | A |
| That keeps the shadowy kine | B |
| Oh Keith of Ravelston | B |
| The sorrows of thy line | B |
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| Ravelston Ravelston | B |
| The merry path that leads | C |
| Down the golden morning hill | D |
| And thro' the silver meads | C |
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| Ravelston Ravelston | B |
| The stile beneath the tree | E |
| The maid that kept her mother's kine | B |
| The song that sang she | E |
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| She sang her song she kept her kine | B |
| She sat beneath the thorn | B |
| When Andrew Keith of Ravelston | B |
| Rode thro' the Monday morn | B |
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| His henchmen sing his hawk bells ring | F |
| His belted jewels shine | B |
| Oh Keith of Ravelston | B |
| The sorrows of thy line | B |
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| Year after year where Andrew came | G |
| Comes evening down the glade | H |
| And still there sits a moonshine ghost | A |
| Where sat the sunshine maid | H |
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| Her misty hair is faint and fair | I |
| She keeps the shadowy kine | B |
| Oh Keith of Ravelston | B |
| The sorrows of thy line | B |
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| I lay my hand upon the stile | J |
| The stile is lone and cold | K |
| The burnie that goes babbling by | L |
| Says nought that can be told | K |
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| Yet stranger here from year to year | M |
| She keeps her shadowy kine | B |
| Oh Keith of Ravelston | B |
| The sorrows of thy line | B |
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| Step out three steps where Andrew stood | N |
| Why blanch thy cheeks for fear | M |
| The ancient stile is not alone | B |
| 'Tis not the burn I hear | O |
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| She makes her immemorial moan | B |
| She keeps her shadowy kine | B |
| Oh Keith of Ravelston | B |
| The sorrows of thy line | B |
Sydney Thompson Dobell
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