Deaf Martha Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE CACA FGFG EHEH IJIJ| Poor Martha is old and her hair is turn'd grey | A |
| And her hearing has left her for many a year | B |
| Ten to one if she knows what it is that you say | A |
| Though she puts her poor wither'd hand close to her ear | C |
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| I've seen naughty children run after her fast | D |
| And cry Martha run there's a bullock so bold | E |
| And when she was frighten'd laugh at her at last | D |
| Because she believed the sad stories they told | E |
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| I've seen others put their mouths close to her ear | C |
| And make signs as if they had something to say | A |
| And when she said Master I'm deaf and can't hear | C |
| Point at her and mock her and scamper away | A |
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| Ah wicked the children poor Martha to tease | F |
| As if she had not enough else to endure | G |
| They rather should try her affliction to ease | F |
| And soothe a disorder that nothing can cure | G |
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| One day when those children themselves are grown old | E |
| And one may be deaf and another be lame | H |
| Perhaps they may find that some children as bold | E |
| May tease them and mock them and serve them the same | H |
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| Then when they reflect on the days of their youth | I |
| A faithful account will their consciences keep | J |
| And teach them with shame and with sorrow the truth | I |
| That what a man soweth the same shall he reap | J |
Ann Taylor
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