Kate O'belashanny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEBBBFB GCHCICJCBBFB KLMLNCOCBBFB PCPCQJRJSBTB| Seek up and down both fair and brown | A |
| We've purty lasses many O | B |
| But brown or fair one girl most rare | C |
| The Flow'r o' Belashanny O | B |
| As straight is she as poplar tree | D |
| Tho' not as aisy shaken O | B |
| And walks so proud among the crowd | E |
| For queen she might be taken O | B |
| From top to toe where'er you go | B |
| The loveliest girl of any O | B |
| Ochone your mind I find unkind | F |
| Sweet Kate o' Belashanny O | B |
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| One summer day the banks were gay | G |
| The Erne in sunshine glancin' there | C |
| The big cascade its music play'd | H |
| And set the salmon dancin' there | C |
| Along the green my Joy was seen | I |
| Some goddess bright I thought her there | C |
| The fishes too swam close to view | J |
| Her image in the water there | C |
| From top to toe where'er you go | B |
| The loveliest girl of any O | B |
| Ochone your mind I find unkind | F |
| Sweet Kate o' Belashanny O | B |
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| My dear give ear the river's near | K |
| And if you think I'm shammin' now | L |
| To end my grief I'll seek relief | M |
| Among the trout and salmon now | L |
| For shrimps and sharks to make their marks | N |
| And other watery vermin there | C |
| Unless a mermaid saves my life | O |
| My wife and me her merman there | C |
| From top to toe where'er you go | B |
| The loveliest girl of any O | B |
| Mavrone your mind I find unkind | F |
| Sweet Kate o' Belashanny O | B |
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| 'Tis all in vain that I complain | P |
| No use to coax or chide her there | C |
| As far away from me as Spain | P |
| Although I stand beside her there | C |
| O cruel Kate since that's my fate | Q |
| I'll look for love no more in you | J |
| The seagull's screech as soon would reach | R |
| Your heart as me implorin' you | J |
| Tho' fair you are and rare you are | S |
| The loveliest flow'r of any O | B |
| Too proud and high good bye say I | T |
| To Kate o' Belashanny O | B |
William Allingham
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