The Fairy Queen's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABCDEDCD DFGGF HIHIHIJKJKJK KLMML| Oh foolish fay | A |
| Think you because | B |
| Man's brave array | A |
| My bosom thaws | B |
| I'd disobey | A |
| Our fairy laws | B |
| Because I fly | C |
| In realms above | D |
| In tendency | E |
| To fall in love | D |
| Resemble I | C |
| The amorous dove | D |
| - | |
| Oh amorous dove | D |
| Type of Ovidius Naso | F |
| This heart of mine | G |
| Is soft as thine | G |
| Although I dare not say so | F |
| - | |
| On fire that glows | H |
| With heat intense | I |
| I turn the hose | H |
| Of Common Sense | I |
| And out it goes | H |
| At small expense | I |
| We must maintain | J |
| Our fairy law | K |
| That is the main | J |
| On which to draw | K |
| In that we gain | J |
| A Captain Shaw | K |
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| Oh Captain Shaw | K |
| Type of true love kept under | L |
| Could thy Brigade | M |
| With cold cascade | M |
| Quench my great love I wonder | L |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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