The Banshee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBDDDB EBEBDDDB FBFBGGGD| As we came down the old boreen | A |
| Rose and I Rose and I | B |
| At vesper time on Sunday e en | A |
| We heard a banshee cry | B |
| Beyond the churchyard dim and dark | C |
| Neath whispering elms and yew trees stark | C |
| Where our star shone a corpse like spark | C |
| Against the wintry sky | B |
| - | |
| We heard and shuddered sick with dread | D |
| Rose and I Rose and I | B |
| As the shrill keening rang o erhead | D |
| Where cloud wrack floated high | B |
| Our two young hearts long sorely tried | D |
| By poverty and love denied | D |
| Still waiting for some favouring tide | D |
| And now Death come so nigh | B |
| - | |
| Which of us two is called away | E |
| You or I You or I | B |
| I heard my patient poor love say | E |
| With bitter plaintive sigh | B |
| Neither dear girl I bravely said | D |
| To Mary Mother bow your head | D |
| And cry for help to Her instead | D |
| Nor heed the Banshee s cry | B |
| - | |
| We raised our hearts in fervent prayer | F |
| Rose and I Rose and I | B |
| Nor knew our troubles ended there | F |
| Our happiness came nigh | B |
| For twas the grim old farmer he | G |
| My only kin rich miserly | G |
| Who dying left his wealth to me | G |
| For whom the banshee cried | D |
Alice Guerin Crist
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