Ellen Irwin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBDD DEBFGGBB DDDDHHII DIDJKKLL DJMINNOO DIPIQQEE RISJCTUU| Fair Ellen Irwin when she sate | A |
| Upon the braes of Kirtle | B |
| Was lovely as a Grecian maid | C |
| Adorned with wreaths of myrtle | B |
| Young Adam Bruce beside her lay | B |
| And there did they beguile the day | B |
| With love and gentle speeches | D |
| Beneath the budding beeches | D |
| - | |
| From many knights and many squires | D |
| The Bruce had been selected | E |
| And Gordon fairest of them all | B |
| By Ellen was rejected | F |
| Sad tidings to that noble Youth | G |
| For it may be proclaimed with truth | G |
| If Bruce hath loved sincerely | B |
| That Gordon loves as dearly | B |
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| But what are Gordon's form and face | D |
| His shattered hopes and crosses | D |
| To them 'mid Kirtle's pleasant braes | D |
| Reclined on flowers and mosses | D |
| Alas that ever he was born | H |
| The Gordon couched behind a thorn | H |
| Sees them and their caressing | I |
| Beholds them blest and blessing | I |
| - | |
| Proud Gordon maddened by the thoughts | D |
| That through his brain are travelling | I |
| Rushed forth and at the heart of Bruce | D |
| He launched a deadly javelin | J |
| Fair Ellen saw it as it came | K |
| And starting up to meet the same | K |
| Did with her body cover | L |
| The Youth her chosen lover | L |
| - | |
| And falling into Bruce's arms | D |
| Thus died the beauteous Ellen | J |
| Thus from the heart of her True love | M |
| The mortal spear repelling | I |
| And Bruce as soon as he had slain | N |
| The Gordon sailed away to Spain | N |
| And fought with rage incessant | O |
| Against the Moorish crescent | O |
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| But many days and many months | D |
| And many years ensuing | I |
| This wretched Knight did vainly seek | P |
| The death that he was wooing | I |
| So coming his last help to crave | Q |
| Heart broken upon Ellen's grave | Q |
| His body he extended | E |
| And there his sorrow ended | E |
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| Now ye who willingly have heard | R |
| The tale I have been telling | I |
| May in Kirkconnel churchyard view | S |
| The grave of lovely Ellen | J |
| By Ellen's side the Bruce is laid | C |
| And for the stone upon his head | T |
| May no rude hand deface it | U |
| And its forlorn Hie jacet | U |
William Wordsworth
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