The Two Songs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFGHHBBB DD| I heard an Angel Singing | A |
| When the day was springing | A |
| Mercy pity and peace | B |
| Are the world's release | B |
| - | |
| So he sang all day | C |
| Over the new mown hay | C |
| Till the sun went down | D |
| And the haycocks looked brown | D |
| - | |
| I heard a devil curse | E |
| Over the heath and the furse | E |
| Mercy vould be no more | F |
| If there were nobody poor | G |
| And pity no more could be | H |
| If all were happy as ye | H |
| And mutual fear brings peace | B |
| Misery's increase | B |
| Are mercy pity and peace | B |
| - | |
| At his curse the sun went down | D |
| And the heavens gave a frown | D |
William Blake
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