The Fairies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK MNONPQRRSRTR UVBWXYZYRKRK A2B2RB2CC2RC2 ABCBDEFEUp 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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