Wife A-lost, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FFFFCDED FFFFCGEG AFAFCBEB| Since I noo mwore do zee your fe a ce | A |
| Up ste a rs or down below | B |
| I'll zit me in the lwonesome ple a ce | A |
| Where flat bough'd beech do grow | B |
| Below the beeches' bough my love | C |
| Where you did never come | D |
| An' I don't look to meet ye now | E |
| As I do look at hwome | D |
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| Since you noo mwore be at my zide | F |
| In walks in zummer het | F |
| I'll goo alwone where mist do ride | F |
| Drough trees a dripp n wet | F |
| Below the ra i n wet bough my love | C |
| Where you did never come | D |
| An' I don't grieve to miss ye now | E |
| As I do grieve at hwome | D |
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| Since now bezide my dinner bwoard | F |
| Your va i ce do never sound | F |
| I'll eat the bit I can avword | F |
| A vield upon the ground | F |
| Below the darksome bough my love | C |
| Where you did never dine | G |
| An' I don't grieve to miss ye now | E |
| As I at hwome do pine | G |
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| Since I do miss your va i ce an' fe a ce | A |
| In pra y er at eventide | F |
| I'll pray wi' woone sad va i ce vor gre a ce | A |
| To goo where you do bide | F |
| Above the tree an' bough my love | C |
| Where you be gone avore | B |
| An' be a w a it n vor me now | E |
| To come vor evermwore | B |
William Barnes
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