The Chaplet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDE FGFG HIHI BJBJ KLML NONO| A little girl through field and wood | A |
| Went plucking flowerets here and there | B |
| When suddenly beside her stood | A |
| A lady wondrous fair | B |
| - | |
| The lovely lady smiled and laid | C |
| A wreath upon the maiden's brow | D |
| 'Wear it 'twill blossom soon ' she said | E |
| 'Although 'tis leafless now ' | - |
| - | |
| The little maiden older grew | F |
| And wandered forth of moonlight eves | G |
| And sighed and loved as maids will do | F |
| When lo her wreath bore leaves | G |
| - | |
| Then was our maid a wife and hung | H |
| Upon a joyful bridegroom's bosom | I |
| When from the garland's leaves there sprung | H |
| Fair store of blossom | I |
| - | |
| And presently a baby fair | B |
| Upon her gentle breast she reared | J |
| When midst the wreath that bound her hair | B |
| Rich golden fruit appeared | J |
| - | |
| But when her love lay cold in death | K |
| Sunk in the black and silent tomb | L |
| All sere and withered was the wreath | M |
| That wont so bright to bloom | L |
| - | |
| Yet still the withered wreath she wore | N |
| She wore it at her dying hour | O |
| When to the wondrous garland bore | N |
| Both leaf and fruit and flower | O |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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