The Buckle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCCC CEFE GHCH| I had a silver buckle | A |
| I sewed it on my shoe | B |
| And 'neath a sprig of mistletoe | C |
| I danced the evening through | B |
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| I had a bunch of cowslips | D |
| I hid 'em in a grot | C |
| In case the elves should come by night | C |
| And me remember not | C |
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| I had a yellow riband | C |
| I tied it in my hair | E |
| That walking in the garden | F |
| The birds might see it there | E |
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| I had a secret laughter | G |
| I laughed it near the wall | H |
| Only the ivy and the wind | C |
| May tell of it at all | H |
Walter De La Mare
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