The Little Cripple's Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDD EFEFGG HIJIKK LCLCFF KMKMNN FOFPMM KCKCMM| A | |
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| I'm a helpless cripple child | B |
| Gentle Christians pity me | C |
| Once in rosy health I smiled | B |
| Blithe and gay as you can be | C |
| And upon the village green | D |
| First in every sport was seen | D |
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| Now alas I'm weak and low | E |
| Cannot either work or play | F |
| Tottering on my crutches slow | E |
| Thus I drag my weary way | F |
| Now no longer dance and sing | G |
| Gaily in the merry ring | G |
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| Many sleepless nights I live | H |
| Turning on my weary bed | I |
| Softest pillows cannot give | J |
| Slumber to my aching head | I |
| Constant anguish makes it fly | K |
| From my heavy wakeful eye | K |
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| And when morning beams return | L |
| Still no comfort beams for me | C |
| Still my limbs with fever burn | L |
| Painful still my crippled knee | C |
| And another tedious day | F |
| Passes slow and sad away | F |
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| From my chamber window high | K |
| Lifted to my easy chair | M |
| I the village green can spy | K |
| Once I used to frolic there | M |
| March or beat my new bought drum | N |
| Happy times no more to come | N |
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| There I see my fellows gay | F |
| Sporting on the daisied turf | O |
| And amidst their cheerful play | F |
| Stopp'd by many a merry laugh | P |
| But the sight I scarce can bear | M |
| Leaning in my easy chair | M |
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| Let not then the scoffing eye | K |
| Laugh my twisted leg to see | C |
| Gentle Christians passing by | K |
| Stop awhile and pity me | C |
| And for you I'll breathe a prayer | M |
| Leaning in my easy chair | M |
Ann Taylor
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