Goldilocks And Goldilocks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BC AA AA DD EF GG AA EH AA GG AA II JJ KK KK LM AA HH NN OO AA PP QQ RR SS JJ TT UU VV JJ VW JJ XX DD HH YY XX WW ZZ GG A2A2 JJ SS XX B2B2 VV KK HH II XX PP C2C2 DD XX D2D2 XX NN XX XX JJ NN WV CC XX E2E2 PP F2G2 H2H2 XX XX JJ I2I2 J2J2 K2K2 XX XX DD L2C XX KK L2L2 M2M2 N2N2 DD O2O2 E2E2 HH P2Q2 HH XX JJ DD R2R2 HH S2S2 GG T2T2 U2U2 DD

It was Goldilocks woke up in the mornA
At the first of the shearing of the cornA
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There stood his mother on the hearthB
And of new leased wheat was little dearthC
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There stood his sisters by the quernA
For the high noon cakes they needs must earnA
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O tell me Goldilocks my sonA
Why hast thou coloured raiment onA
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Why should I wear the hodden greyD
When I am light of heart to dayD
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O tell us brother why ye wearE
In reaping tide the scarlet gearF
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Why hangeth the sharp sword at thy sideG
When through the land tis the hook goes wideG
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Gay clad am I that men may knowA
The freeman s son where er I goA
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The grinded sword at side I bearE
Lest I the dastard s word should hearH
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O tell me Goldilocks my sonA
Of whither away thou wilt be goneA
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The morn is fair and the world is wideG
And here no more will I abideG
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O Brother when wilt thou come againA
The autumn drought and the winter rainA
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The frost and the snow and St David s windI
All these that were time out of mindI
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All these a many times shall beJ
Ere the Upland Town again I seeJ
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O Goldilocks my son farewellK
As thou wendest the world twixt home and hellK
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O brother Goldilocks farewellK
Come back with a tale for men to tellK
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So tis wellaway for GoldilocksL
As he left the land of the wheaten shocksM
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He s gotten him far from the Upland TownA
And he s gone by Dale and he s gone by DownA
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He s come to the wild wood dark and drearH
Where never the bird s song doth he hearH
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He has slept in the moonless wood and dimN
With never a voice to comfort himN
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He has risen up under the little lightO
Where the noon is as dark as the summer nightO
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Six days therein has he walked aloneA
Till his scrip was bare and his meat was doneA
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On the seventh morn in the mirk mirk woodP
He saw sight that he deemed was goodP
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It was as one sees a flower a bloomQ
In the dusky heat of a shuttered roomQ
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He deemed the fair thing far aloofR
And would go and put it to the proofR
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But the very first step he made from the placeS
He met a maiden face to faceS
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Face to face and so close was sheJ
That their lips met soft and lovinglyJ
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Sweet mouthed she was and fair he wistT
And again in the darksome wood they kissedT
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Then first in the wood her voice he heardU
As sweet as the song of the summer birdU
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O thou fair man with the golden headV
What is the name of thee she saidV
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My name is Goldilocks said heJ
O sweet breathed what is the name of theeJ
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O Goldilocks the Swain she saidV
My name is Goldilocks the MaidW
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He spake Love me as I love theeJ
And Goldilocks one flesh shall beJ
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She said Fair man I wot not howX
Thou lovest but I love thee nowX
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But come a little hence awayD
That I may see thee in the dayD
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For hereby is a wood lawn clearH
And good for awhile for us it wereH
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Therewith she took him by the handY
And led him into the lighter landY
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There on the grass they sat adownX
Clad she was in a kirtle brownX
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In all the world was never maidW
So fair so evilly arrayedW
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No shoes upon her feet she hadZ
And scantly were her shoulders cladZ
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Through her brown kirtle s rents full wideG
Shone out the sleekness of her sideG
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An old scrip hung about her neckA2
Nought of her raiment did she reckA2
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No shame of all her rents had sheJ
She gazed upon him eagerlyJ
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She leaned across the grassy spaceS
And put her hands about his faceS
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She said O hunger pale art thouX
Yet shalt thou eat though I hunger nowX
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She took him apples from her scripB2
She kissed him cheek and chin and lipB2
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She took him cakes of woodland breadV
Whiles am I hunger pinched she saidV
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She had a gourd and a pilgrim shellK
She took him water from the wellK
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She stroked his breast and his scarlet gearH
She spake How brave thou art and dearH
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Her arms about him did she windI
He felt her body dear and kindI
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O love she said now two are oneX
And whither hence shall we be goneX
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Shall we fare further than this woodP
Quoth he I deem it dear and goodP
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She shook her head and laughed and spakeC2
Rise up For thee not me I quakeC2
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Had she been minded me to slayD
Sure she had done it ere to dayD
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But thou this hour the crone shall knowX
That thou art come her very foeX
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No minute more on tidings waitD2
Lest e en this minute be too lateD2
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She led him from the sunlit greenX
Going sweet stately as a queenX
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There in the dusky wood and dimN
As forth they went she spake to himN
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Fair man few people have I seenX
Amidst this world of woodland greenX
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But I would have thee tell me nowX
If there be many such as thouX
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Betwixt the mountains and the seaJ
O Sweet be many such said heJ
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Athwart the glimmering air and dimN
With wistful eyes she looked on himN
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But ne er an one so shapely madeW
Mine eyes have looked upon she saidV
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He kissed her face and cried in mirthC
Where hast thou dwelt then on the earthC
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Ever she said I dwell aloneX
With a hard handed cruel croneX
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And of this crone am I the thrallE2
To serve her still in bower and hallE2
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And fetch and carry in the woodP
And do whate er she deemeth goodP
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But whiles a sort of folk there comeF2
And seek my mistress at her homeG2
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But such like are they to beholdH2
As make my very blood run coldH2
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Oft have I thought if there be noneX
On earth save these would all were doneX
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Forsooth I knew it was nought soX
But that fairer folk on earth did growX
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But fain and full is the heart in meJ
To know that folk are like to theeJ
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Then hand in hand they stood awhileI2
Till her tears rose up beneath his smileI2
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And he must fold her to his breastJ2
To give her heart a while of restJ2
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Till sundered she and gazed aboutK2
And bent her brows as one in doubtK2
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She spake The wood is growing thinX
Into the full light soon shall we winX
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Now crouch we that we be not seenX
Under yon bramble bushes greenX
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Under the bramble bush they layD
Betwixt the dusk and the open dayD
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O Goldilocks my love look forthL2
And let me know what thou seest of worthC
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He said I see a house of stoneX
A castle excellently doneX
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Yea quoth she There doth the mistress dwellK
What next thou seest shalt thou tellK
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What lookest thou to see come forthL2
Maybe a white bear of the NorthL2
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Then shall my sharp sword lock his mouthM2
Nay she said or a worm of the SouthM2
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Then shall my sword his hot blood coolN2
Nay or a whelming poison poolN2
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The trees its swelling flood shall stayD
And thrust its venomed lip awayD
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Nay it may be a wild fire flashO2
To burn thy lovely limbs to ashO2
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On mine own hallows shall I callE2
And dead its flickering flame shall fallE2
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O Goldilocks my love I fearH
That ugly death shall seek us hereH
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Look forth O Goldilocks my loveP2
That I thine hardy heart may proveQ2
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What cometh down the stone wrought stairH
That leadeth up to the castle fairH
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Adown the doorward stair of stoneX
There cometh a woman all aloneX
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Yea that forsooth shall my mistress beJ
O Goldilocks what like is sheJ
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O fair she is of her arrayD
As hitherward she wends her wayD
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Unlike her wont is that indeedR2
Is she not foul beneath her weedR2
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O nay nay But most wondrous fairH
Of all the women earth doth bearH
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O Goldilocks my heart my heartS2
Woe woe for now we drift apartS2
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But up he sprang from the bramble sideG
And O thou fairest one he criedG
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And forth he ran that Queen to meetT2
And fell before her gold clad feetT2
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About his neck her arms she castU2
And into the fair built house they passedU2
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And under the bramble bushes layD
Unholpen Goldilocks the mayD

William Morris



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