Who Fancied What A Pretty Sight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHIJ| WHO fancied what a pretty sight | A |
| This Rock would be if edged around | B |
| With living snow drops circlet bright | A |
| How glorious to this orchard ground | B |
| Who loved the little Rock and set | C |
| Upon its head this coronet | C |
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| Was it the humour of a child | D |
| Or rather of some gentle maid | E |
| Whose brows the day that she was styled | D |
| The shepherd queen were thus arrayed | E |
| Of man mature or matron sage | F |
| Or old man toying with his age | F |
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| I asked 'twas whispered The device | G |
| To each and all might well belong | H |
| It is the Spirit of Paradise | G |
| That prompts such work a Spirit strong | H |
| That gives to all the self same bent | I |
| Where life is wise and innocent | J |
William Wordsworth
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