The Miller And His Son Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GAHA IJKJ IAHA ELMN AOPO QRSR TPUP AAAA GJK ABC| A twangling harp for Mary | A |
| A silvery flute for John | B |
| And now we'll play the livelong day | C |
| 'The Miller and his Son ' | D |
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| 'The Miller went a walking | E |
| All in the forest high | F |
| He sees three doves a flitting | E |
| Against the dark blue sky | F |
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| 'Says he My son now follow | G |
| These doves so white and free | A |
| That cry above the forest | H |
| And surely cry to thee | A |
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| I go my dearest Father | I |
| But O I sadly fear | J |
| These doves so white will lead me far | K |
| But never bring me near | J |
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| 'He kisses the Miller | I |
| He cries Awhoop to ye | A |
| And straightway through the forest | H |
| Follows the wood doves three | A |
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| 'There came a sound of weeping | E |
| To the Miller in his Mill | L |
| Red roses in a thicket | M |
| Bloomed over near his wheel | N |
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| 'Three stars shone wild and brightly | A |
| Above the forest dim | O |
| But never his dearest son | P |
| Returns again to him | O |
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| 'The cuckoo shall call Cuckoo | Q |
| In vain along the vale | R |
| The linnet and the blackbird | S |
| The mournful nightingale | R |
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| 'The Miller hears and sees not | T |
| A thinking of his son | P |
| His toppling wheel is silent | U |
| His grinding done | P |
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| ' Ye doves so white he weepeth | A |
| Ye roses on the tree | A |
| Ye stars that shine so brightly | A |
| Ye shine in vain for me | A |
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| 'I bade him follow follow | G |
| He said O Father dear | J |
| These doves so white will lead me far | K |
| But never bring me near ' | - |
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| A twangling harp for Mary | A |
| A silvery flute for John | B |
| And now we'll play the livelong day | C |
| 'The Miller and his Son ' | - |
Walter De La Mare
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