The Mad Wanderer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IIII JIJI IIII KILI| There came to Grasmere's pleasant vale | A |
| A stranger maid in tatters clad | B |
| Whose eyes were wild whose cheek was pale | A |
| While oft she cried Poor Kate is mad | B |
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| Four words were all she'd ever say | C |
| Nor would she shelter in a cot | D |
| And e'en in winter's coldest day | C |
| She still would cry My brain is hot | D |
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| A look she had of better days | E |
| And once while o'er the hills she ranged | F |
| We saw her on her tatters gaze | E |
| And heard her say How Kate is changed | F |
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| Whene'er she heard the death bell sound | G |
| Her face grew dreadful to behold | H |
| She started trembled beat the ground | G |
| And shuddering cried Poor Kate is cold | H |
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| And when to church we brought the dead | I |
| She came in ragged mourning drest | I |
| The coffin plate she trembling read | I |
| Then laughing cried Poor Kate is blest | I |
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| But when a wedding peal was rung | J |
| With dark revengeful leer she smiled | I |
| And curses muttering on her tongue | J |
| She loudly screamed Poor Kate is wild | I |
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| To be in Grasmere church interred | I |
| A corpse one day from far was brought | I |
| Poor Kate the death bell sounding heard | I |
| And reached the aisle as quick as thought | I |
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| When on the coffin looking down | K |
| She started screamed and back retired | I |
| Then clasped it breathing such a groan | L |
| And with that dreadful groan expired | I |
Amelia Opie
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