Broken Pitcher, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDAA EFGG HIJE KKKK KKLL MMNN KKAA| It was a Moorish maiden was sitting by a well | A |
| And what the maiden thought of I cannot cannot tell | A |
| When by there rode a valiant knight from the town of Oviedo | B |
| Alphonso Guzman was he hight the Count of Desparedo | B |
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| Oh maiden Moorish maiden why sitt'st thou by the spring | C |
| Say dost thou seek a lover or any other thing | C |
| Why gazest thou upon me with eyes so large and wide | B |
| And wherefore doth the pitcher lie broken by thy side | B |
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| I do not seek a lover thou Christian knight so gay | D |
| Because an article like that hath never come my way | D |
| And why I gaze upon you I cannot cannot tell | A |
| Except that in your iron hose you look uncommon swell | A |
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| My pitcher it is broken and this the reason is | E |
| A shepherd came behind me and tried to snatch a kiss | F |
| I would not stand his nonsense so ne'er a word I spoke | G |
| But scored him on the costard and so the jug was broke | G |
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| My uncle the Alcayde he waits for me at home | H |
| And will not take his tumbler until Zorayda come | I |
| I cannot bring him water the pitcher is in pieces | J |
| And so I'm sure to catch it 'cos he wallops all his nieces | E |
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| Oh maiden Moorish maiden wilt thou be ruled by me | K |
| So wipe thine eyes and rosy lips and give me kisses three | K |
| And I'll give thee my helmet thou kind and courteous lady | K |
| To carry home the water to thy uncle the Alcayde | K |
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| He lighted down from off his steed he tied him to a tree | K |
| He bowed him to the maiden and took his kisses three | K |
| To wrong thee sweet Zorayda I swear would be a sin | L |
| He knelt him at the fountain and he dipped his helmet in | L |
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| Up rose the Moorish maiden behind the knight she steals | M |
| And caught Alphonso Guzman up tightly by the heels | M |
| She tipped him in and held him down beneath the bubbling water | N |
| Now take thou that for venturing to kiss Al Hamet's daughter | N |
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| A Christian maid is weeping in the town of Oviedo | K |
| She waits the coming of her love the Count of Desparedo | K |
| I pray you all in charity that you will never tell | A |
| How he met the Moorish maiden beside the lonely well | A |
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
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