Berries Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHCCFICJCCCC DGKHELEL FCCCMNCNCKOKFPEP BQBQCFBFBRSREKGKETFU CVAVAPKP

There was an old womanA
Went blackberry pickingB
Along the hedgesC
From Weep to WickingB
Half a pottleD
No more she had gotE
When out steps a FairyF
From her green grotE
And says 'Well JillG
Would 'ee pick ee mo 'H
And Jill she curtseysC
And looks just soC
Be off ' says the FairyF
'As quick as you canI
Over the meadowsC
To the little green laneJ
That dips to the hayfieldsC
Of Farmer GrimesC
I've berried those hedgesC
A score of timesC
Bushel on bushelD
I'll promise'ee JillG
This side of supperK
If'ee pick with a will 'H
She glints very brightE
And speaks her fairL
Then lo and beholdE
She had faded in airL
-
Be sure Old GoodieF
She trots betimesC
Over the meadowsC
To Farmer GrimesC
And never was queenM
With jewelry richN
As those same hedgesC
From twig to ditchN
Like Dutchmen's coffersC
Fruit thorn and flowerK
They shone like WilliamO
And Mary's bowerK
And be sure Old GoodieF
Went back to WeepP
So tired with her basketE
She scarce could creepP
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When she comes in the duskB
To her cottage doorQ
There's Towser waggingB
As never beforeQ
To see his MissusC
So glad to beF
Come from her fruit pickingB
Back to heF
As soon as next morningB
Dawn was greyR
The pot on the hobS
Was simmering awayR
And all in a stewE
And a hugger muggerK
Towser and JillG
A boiling of sugarK
And the dark clear fruitE
That from Faerie cameT
For syrup and jellyF
And blackberry jamU
-
Twelve jolly gallipotsC
Jill put byV
And one little teeny oneA
One inch highV
And that she's hiddenA
A good thumb deepP
Half way overK
From Wicking to WeepP

Walter De La Mare



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