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 HHKHHKI | 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 |
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II | A |
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'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 ' | - |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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