Royal Sponsors Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB CDEDD FGHGI JKFKK ILILL MNMNN HONOO| The king and the queen will stand to the child | A |
| 'Twill be handed down in song | B |
| And it's no more than their deserving | C |
| With my lord so faithful at Court so long | B |
| And so staunch and strong | B |
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| O never before was known such a thing | C |
| 'Twill be a grand time for all | D |
| And the beef will be a whole roast bullock | E |
| And the servants will have a feast in the hall | D |
| And the ladies a ball | D |
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| While from Jordan's stream by a traveller | F |
| In a flagon of silver wrought | G |
| And by caravan stage coach wain and waggon | H |
| A precious trickle has been brought | G |
| Clear as when caught | I |
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| The morning came To the park of the peer | J |
| The royal couple bore | K |
| And the font was filled with the Jordan water | F |
| And the household awaited their guests before | K |
| The carpeted door | K |
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| But when they went to the silk lined cot | I |
| The child was found to have died | L |
| What's now to be done We can disappoint not | I |
| The king and queen the family cried | L |
| With eyes spread wide | L |
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| Even now they approach the chestnut drive | M |
| The service must be read | N |
| Well since we can't christen the child alive | M |
| By God we shall have to christen him dead | N |
| The marquis said | N |
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| Thus breath forsaken a corpse was taken | H |
| To the private chapel yea | O |
| And the king knew not nor the queen God wot | N |
| That they answered for one returned to clay | O |
| At the font that day | O |
Thomas Hardy
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