The Willow-tree (another Version) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEC A FGHGI A FCJCHC K CLMNON K PHHHQCK K RSCSEHHH K HKKKHTH K UCVCHHHH P F HHKHHK| I | A |
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| Long by the willow trees | B |
| Vainly they sought her | C |
| Wild rang the mother's screams | D |
| O'er the gray water | C |
| 'Where is my lovely one | E |
| Where is my daughter | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| 'Rouse thee sir constable | F |
| Rouse thee and look | G |
| Fisherman bring your net | H |
| Boatman your hook | G |
| Beat in the lily beds | I |
| Dive in the brook ' | - |
| - | |
| III | A |
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| Vainly the constable | F |
| Shouted and called her | C |
| Vainly the fisherman | J |
| Beat the green alder | C |
| Vainly he flung the net | H |
| Never it hauled her | C |
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| IV | K |
| - | |
| Mother beside the fire | C |
| Sat her nightcap in | L |
| Father in easy chair | M |
| Gloomily napping | N |
| When at the window sill | O |
| Came a light tapping | N |
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| V | K |
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| And a pale countenance | P |
| Looked through the casement | H |
| Loud beat the mother's heart | H |
| Sick with amazement | H |
| And at the vision which | Q |
| Came to surprise her | C |
| Shrieked in an agony | K |
| 'Lor it's Elizar ' | - |
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| VI | K |
| - | |
| Yes 'twas Elizabeth | R |
| Yes 'twas their girl | S |
| Pale was her cheek and her | C |
| Hair out of curl | S |
| 'Mother ' the loving one | E |
| Blushing exclaimed | H |
| 'Let not your innocent | H |
| Lizzy be blamed | H |
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| VII | K |
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| 'Yesterday going to aunt | H |
| Jones's to tea | K |
| Mother dear mother I | K |
| FORGOT THE DOOR KEY | K |
| And as the night was cold | H |
| And the way steep | T |
| Mrs Jones kept me to | H |
| Breakfast and sleep ' | - |
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| VIII | K |
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| Whether her Pa and Ma | U |
| Fully believed her | C |
| That we shall never know | V |
| Stern they received her | C |
| And for the work of that | H |
| Cruel though short night | H |
| Sent her to bed without | H |
| Tea for a fortnight | H |
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| IX | P |
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| MORAL | F |
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| Hey diddle diddlety | H |
| Cat and the Fiddlety | H |
| Maidens of England take caution by she | K |
| Let love and suicide | H |
| Never tempt you aside | H |
| And always remember to take the door key | K |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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