The Merry Month Of May Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG ABAB| O THE month of May the merry month of May | A |
| So frolic so gay and so green so green so green | B |
| O and then did I unto my true love say | A |
| Sweet Peg thou shalt be my Summer's Queen | B |
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| Now the nightingale the pretty nightingale | C |
| The sweetest singer in all the forest quire | D |
| Entreats thee sweet Peggy to hear thy true love's tale | C |
| Lo yonder she sitteth her breast against a brier | E |
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| But O I spy the cuckoo the cuckoo the cuckoo | F |
| See where she sitteth come away my joy | G |
| Come away I prithee I do not like the cuckoo | F |
| Should sing where my Peggy and I kiss and toy | G |
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| O the month of May the merry month of May | A |
| So frolic so gay and so green so green so green | B |
| And then did I unto my true love say | A |
| Sweet Peg thou shalt be my Summer's Queen | B |
Thomas Dekker
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