Bagatelle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C C DDEEFFGG H II C AA H C C AAJJKC H FI C F H F C K H CCAACC C FFAAC H CKJIIJJIICCLLMMGGJ J J I NNCCII

CORYDONA
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A PASTORALB
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SCENE A roadside in ArcadyC
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SHEPHERDC
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Good sir have you seen pass this wayD
A mischief straight from market dayD
You'd know her at a glance I thinkE
Her eyes are blue her lips are pinkE
She has a way of looking backF
Over her shoulder and alackF
Who gets that look one time good sirG
Has naught to do but follow herG
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PILGRIMH
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I have not seen this maid methinksI
Though she that passed had lips like pinksI
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SHEPHERDC
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Or like two strawberries made oneA
By some sly trick of dew and sunA
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PILGRIMH
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A poetC
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SHEPHERDC
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Nay a simple swainA
That tends his flock on yonder plainA
Naught else I swear by book and bellJ
But she that passed you marked her wellJ
Was she not smooth as any beK
That dwell herein in ArcadyC
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PILGRIMH
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Her skin was as the satin barkF
Of birchesI
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SHEPHERDC
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Light or darkF
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PILGRIMH
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Quite darkF
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SHEPHERDC
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Then 'twas not sheK
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PILGRIMH
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The peach's sideC
That's next the sun is not so dyedC
As was her cheek Her hair hung downA
Like summer twilight falling brownA
And when the breeze swept by I wistC
Her face was in a sombre mistC
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SHEPHERDC
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No that is not the maid I seekF
HER hair lies gold against the cheekF
Her yellow tresses take the mornA
Like silken tassels of the cornA
And yet brown locks are far from badC
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PILGRIMH
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Now I bethink me this one hadC
A figure like the willow treeK
Which slight and supple wondrouslyJ
Inclines to droop with pensive graceI
And still retains its proper placeI
A foot so arched and very smallJ
The marvel was she walked at allJ
Her hand in sooth I lack for wordsI
Her hand five slender snow white birdsI
Her voice though she but said God speedC
Was melody blown through a reedC
The girl Pan changed into a pipeL
Had not a note so full and ripeL
And then her eye my lad her eyeM
Discreet inviting candid shyM
An outward ice an inward fireG
And lashes to the heart's desireG
Soft fringes blacker than the sloeJ
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SHEPHERD THOUGHTFULLYJ
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Good sir which way did THIS one goJ
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PILGRIM SOLUSI
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So he is off The silly youthN
Knoweth not Love in sober soothN
He loves thus lads at first are blindC
No woman only WomankindC
I needs must laugh for by the MassI
No maid at all did this way passI

Thomas Bailey Aldrich



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