A Round Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH EIEI A JKEEK| All | A |
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| Now that the Spring hath fill'd our veins | B |
| With kind and active fire | C |
| And made green liv'ries for the plains | B |
| And every grove a quire | D |
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| Sing me a song of merry glee | E |
| And Bacchus fill the bowl | F |
| Then here's to thee And thou to me | E |
| And every thirsty soul | F |
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| Nor Care nor Sorrow e'er paid debt | G |
| Nor never shall do mine | H |
| I have no cradle going yet | G |
| Not I by this good wine | H |
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| No wife at home to send for me | E |
| No hogs are in my ground | I |
| No suit in law to pay a fee | E |
| Then round old Jocky round | I |
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| All | A |
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| Shear sheep that have them cry we still | J |
| But see that no man 'scape | K |
| To drink of the sherry | E |
| That makes us so merry | E |
| And plump as the lusty grape | K |
William Browne
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