The Lute-player Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCDCD EFEG| She was a lady great and splendid | A |
| I was a minstrel in her halls | B |
| A warrior like a prince attended | A |
| Stayed his steed by the castle walls | B |
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| Far had he fared to gaze upon her | C |
| 'O rest thee now Sir Knight ' she said | D |
| The warrior wooed the warrior won her | C |
| In time of snowdrops they were wed | D |
| I made sweet music in his honour | C |
| And longed to strike him dead | D |
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| I passed at midnight from her portal | E |
| Throughout the world till death I rove | F |
| Ah let me make this lute immortal | E |
| With rapture of my hate and love | G |
William Watson
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