Yarrow Unvisited Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FDDDDEDE GCHCDEDE IIDIDEDE JKJKLEME ICNCOEPE QEQEEEEE HDHDDEJE RSTSEEEE

See the various Poems the scene of which is laid uponA
the banks of the Yarrow in particular the exquisiteB
Ballad of Hamilton beginningC
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Busk ye busk ye my bonny bonny BrideD
Busk ye busk ye my winsome MarrowE
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From Stirling castle we had seenF
The mazy Forth unravelledD
Had trod the banks of Clyde and TayD
And with the Tweed had travelledD
And when we came to ClovenfordD
Then said my winsome MarrowE
Whate'er betide we'll turn asideD
And see the Braes of YarrowE
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Let Yarrow folk frae Selkirk townG
Who have been buying sellingC
Go back to Yarrow 'tis their ownH
Each maiden to her dwellingC
On Yarrow's banks let her herons feedD
Hares couch and rabbits burrowE
But we will downward with the TweedD
Nor turn aside to YarrowE
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There's Galla Water Leader HaughsI
Both lying right before usI
And Dryborough where with chiming TweedD
The lintwhites sing in chorusI
There's pleasant Tiviot dale a landD
Made blithe with plough and harrowE
Why throw away a needful dayD
To go in search of YarrowE
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What's Yarrow but a river bareJ
That glides the dark hills underK
There are a thousand such elsewhereJ
As worthy of your wonderK
Strange words they seemed of slight and scornL
My True love sighed for sorrowE
And looked me in the face to thinkM
I thus could speak of YarrowE
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Oh green said I are Yarrow's holmsI
And sweet is Yarrow flowingC
Fair hangs the apple frae the rockN
But we will leave it growingC
O'er hilly path and open StrathO
We'll wander Scotland thoroughE
But though so near we will not turnP
Into the dale of YarrowE
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Let beeves and home bred kine partakeQ
The sweets of Burn mill meadowE
The swan on still St Mary's LakeQ
Float double swan and shadowE
We will not see them will not goE
To day nor yet to morrowE
Enough if in our hearts we knowE
There's such a place as YarrowE
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Be Yarrow stream unseen unknownH
It must or we shall rue itD
We have a vision of our ownH
Ah why should we undo itD
The treasured dreams of times long pastD
We'll keep them winsome MarrowE
For when we'er there although 'tis fairJ
'Twill be another YarrowE
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If Care with freezing years should comeR
And wandering seem but follyS
Should we be loth to stir from homeT
And yet be melancholyS
Should life be dull and spirits lowE
'Twill soothe us in our sorrowE
That earth has something yet to showE
The bonny holms of YarrowE

William Wordsworth



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