Eclogue The Third Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABABAA C DEDC C FG C HEHA C IEIAAJ C HBCB H CBCBBABAAA C CBBBAA H BBBBBCBCAA ABABBABBCC C CCCC BBEB EBBB ACECAA H BABAABABAAWouldst thou kenn Nature in her better parte | A |
Goe serche the logges and bordels of the hynde | A |
Gyfe theye have anie itte ys roughe made arte | A |
Inne hem you see the blakied forme of kynde | A |
Haveth your mind a lycheynge of a mynde | A |
Woulde it kenne everich thynge as it mote bee | B |
Woulde ytte here phrase of the vulgar from the hynde | A |
Wythoute wiseegger wordes and knowlache free | B |
Gyf soe rede thys whych Iche dysporteynge pende | A |
Gif nete besyde yttes rhyme maie ytte commend | A |
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MANNE | C |
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Botte whether fayre mayde do ye goe | D |
O where do ye bend yer waie | E |
I wile knowe whether you goe | D |
I wylle not be asseled naie | C |
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WOMANNE | C |
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To Robyn and Nell all downe in the Delle | F |
To hele hem at makeynge of haie | G |
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MANNE | C |
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Syr Rogerre the Parsone hav hyred mee there | H |
Comme Comme lette us tryppe ytte awaie | E |
We'lle wurche and wylle synge and wylle drenche of stronge Beere | H |
As longe as the merrie sommers daie | A |
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WOMANNE | C |
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Howe harde ys mie dome to wurch | I |
Moke is mie woe | E |
Dame Agnes whoe lies ynne the Chyrche | I |
With birlette golde | A |
Wythe gelten aumeres stronge ontolde | A |
What was shee moe than me to be soe | J |
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MANNE | C |
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I kenne Syr Roger from afar | H |
Tryppynge over the Lea | B |
Ich ask whie the loverds son | C |
Is moe than mee | B |
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SIR ROGERE | H |
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The sweltrie sonne dothe hie apace hys wayne | C |
From everich beme a seme of lyfe doe falle | B |
Swythyn scille oppe the haie uponne the playne | C |
Methynckes the cockse begynneth to gre talle | B |
Thys ys alyche oure doome the great the smalle | B |
Moste withe and be forwyned by Deathis darte | A |
See the swote flourette hathe noe swote at alle | B |
Itte wythe the ranke wede berethe evalle parte | A |
The cravent warriour and the wyse be blent | A |
Alyche to drie awaie with those thele did bemente | A |
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MANNE | C |
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All a Boon Syr Priest all a boon | C |
Bye yer preesteschype nowe saye unto mee | B |
Sir Gaufryd the knyghte who lyveth harde bie | B |
Whie should hee than me | B |
Bee moe greate | A |
Inne honnoure knyghtehoode and estate | A |
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SIR ROGERE | H |
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Attourne thine eyne arounde thys haied mee | B |
Tentyflie loke arounde the chaper delle | B |
An answer to thie barganette here see | B |
Thys welked flouertte wylle a leson telle | B |
Arist it blew itte florished and dyd welle | B |
Lokeynge ascaunce upon the naighboure greene | C |
Yet with the deigned greene yttes rennome felle | B |
Eftsonnes ytte shronke upon the daie brente playne | C |
Didde not yttes loke whilest ytte there dyd stonde | A |
To croppe ytte in the bodde move somme drede honde | A |
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Syke ys the waie of lyffe the loverds ente | A |
Mooveth the robber hym therfor to slea | B |
Gyf thou has ethe the shadowe of contente | A |
Believe the trothe theres none moe haile yan thee | B |
Thou wurchest welle canne thatte a trobble bee | B |
Slothe moe wulde jade thee than the roughest daie | A |
Couldest thou the kivercled of soughlys see | B |
Thou wuldst eftsoones see trothe inne whatte I saie | B |
Botte lette mee heere thie waie offe lyffe and thenne | C |
Heare thou from mee the lyffs of odher menne | C |
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MANNE | C |
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I ryse wythe the Sonne | C |
Lyche hym to dryve the wayne | C |
And eere mie wurche is don | C |
I synge a Songe or twayne | C |
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I followe the plough tayle | B |
Wythe a long jubb of ale | B |
Botte of the Maydens oh | E |
Itte lacketh notte to telle | B |
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Syr Preeste mote notte crie woe | E |
Culde hys bull do as welle | B |
I daunce the beste heiedeygnes | B |
And foile the wysest feygnes | B |
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On everych Seynctes his daie | A |
Wythe the mynstrelle am I seen | C |
All a footeynge it awaie | E |
Wythe maydens on the greene | C |
But oh I wyshe to be moe greate | A |
In rennome tenure and estate | A |
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SIR ROGERRE | H |
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Has thou ne sene a tree uponne a hylle | B |
Whose unliste braunces rechen far toe syghte | A |
Whan fuired unwers doe the heaven fylle | B |
Itte shaketh deere yn dole and moke affryghte | A |
Whilst the congeon flowrette abessie dyghte | A |
Stondeth unhurte unquaced bie the storme | B |
Syke is a picte of lyffe the manne of myghte | A |
Is tempest chaft hys woe greate as hys forme | B |
Thieself a flourette of a small accounte | A |
Wouldst harder felle the wynde as hygher thee dydste mount | A |
Thomas Chatterton
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