Fair Ines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB AFGFHFEF AIJIKLMI ANMNONPN AQRQSQTQ ANUNHNVN| O saw ye not fair Ines | A |
| She 's gone into the West | B |
| To dazzle when the sun is down | C |
| And rob the world of rest | B |
| She took our daylight with her | D |
| The smiles that we love best | B |
| With morning blushes on her cheek | E |
| And pearls upon her breast | B |
| - | |
| O turn again fair Ines | A |
| Before the fall of night | F |
| For fear the Moon should shine alone | G |
| And stars unrivall'd bright | F |
| And bless egrave d will the lover be | H |
| That walks beneath their light | F |
| And breathes the love against thy cheek | E |
| I dare not even write | F |
| - | |
| Would I had been fair Ines | A |
| That gallant cavalier | I |
| Who rode so gaily by thy side | J |
| And whisper'd thee so near | I |
| Were there no bonny dames at home | K |
| Or no true lovers here | L |
| That he should cross the seas to win | M |
| The dearest of the dear | I |
| - | |
| I saw thee lovely Ines | A |
| Descend along the shore | N |
| With bands of noble gentlemen | M |
| And banners waved before | N |
| And gentle youth and maidens gay | O |
| And snowy plumes they wore | N |
| It would have been a beauteous dream | P |
| If it had been no more | N |
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| Alas alas fair Ines | A |
| She went away with song | Q |
| With Music waiting on her steps | R |
| And shoutings of the throng | Q |
| But some were sad and felt no mirth | S |
| But only Music's wrong | Q |
| In sounds that sang Farewell farewell | T |
| To her you've loved so long | Q |
| - | |
| Farewell farewell fair Ines | A |
| That vessel never bore | N |
| So fair a lady on its deck | U |
| Nor danced so light before | N |
| Alas for pleasure on the sea | H |
| And sorrow on the shore | N |
| The smile that bless'd one lover's heart | V |
| Has broken many more | N |
Thomas Hood
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