The Fairies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRRSRTR UVBWXYZYRKRK A2B2RB2CC2RC2 ABCBDEFE| Up the airy mountain | A |
| Down the rushy glen | B |
| We daren't go a hunting | C |
| For fear of little men | B |
| Wee folk good folk | D |
| Trooping all together | E |
| Green jacket red cap | F |
| And white owl's feather | E |
| - | |
| Down along the rocky shore | G |
| Some make their home | H |
| They live on crispy pancakes | I |
| Of yellow tide foam | H |
| Some in the reeds | J |
| Of the black mountain lake | K |
| With frogs for their watch dogs | L |
| All night awake | K |
| - | |
| High on the hill top | M |
| The old King sits | N |
| He is now so old and gray | O |
| He 's nigh lost his wits | N |
| With a bridge of white mist | P |
| Columbkill he crosses | Q |
| On his stately journeys | R |
| From Slieveleague to Rosses | R |
| Or going up with music | S |
| On cold starry nights | R |
| To sup with the Queen | T |
| Of the gay Northern Lights | R |
| - | |
| They stole little Bridget | U |
| For seven years long | V |
| When she came down again | B |
| Her friends were all gone | W |
| They took her lightly back | X |
| Between the night and morrow | Y |
| They thought that she was fast asleep | Z |
| But she was dead with sorrow | Y |
| They have kept her ever since | R |
| Deep within the lake | K |
| On a bed of flag leaves | R |
| Watching till she wake | K |
| - | |
| By the craggy hill side | A2 |
| Through the mosses bare | B2 |
| They have planted thorn trees | R |
| For pleasure here and there | B2 |
| If any man so daring | C |
| As dig them up in spite | C2 |
| He shall find their sharpest thorns | R |
| In his bed at night | C2 |
| - | |
| Up the airy mountain | A |
| Down the rushy glen | B |
| We daren't go a hunting | C |
| For fear of little men | B |
| Wee folk good folk | D |
| Trooping all together | E |
| Green jacket red cap | F |
| And white owl's feather | E |
William Allingham
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