Clown's Courtship, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EFGGH IIJJH KKLMDD| Quoth John to Joan will thou have me | A |
| I prithee now wilt and I'll marry thee | A |
| My cow my calf my house my rents | B |
| And all my lands and tenements | C |
| Oh say my Joan will not that do | D |
| I cannot come every day to woo | D |
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| I've corn and hay in the barn hardby | E |
| And three fat hogs pent up in the sty | F |
| I have a mare and she is coal black | G |
| I ride on her tail to save my back | G |
| Then say etc | H |
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| I have a cheese upon the shelf | I |
| And I cannot eat it all myself | I |
| I've three good marks that lie in a rag | J |
| In a nook of the chimney instead of a bag | J |
| Then say etc | H |
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| To marry I would have thy consent | K |
| But faith I never could compliment | K |
| I can say nought but Hoy gee ho | L |
| Words that belong to the cart and the plough | M |
| So say my Joan will not that do | D |
| I cannot come every day to woo | D |
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