The Orphan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFGF DHDH IJIJ| MY father and mother are dead | A |
| Nor friend nor relation I know | B |
| And now the cold earth is their bed | A |
| And daisies will over them grow | B |
| - | |
| I cast my eyes into the tomb | C |
| The sight made me bitterly cry | D |
| I said 'And is this the dark room | C |
| Where my father and mother must lie ' | - |
| - | |
| I cast my eyes round me again | E |
| In hopes some protector to see | F |
| Alas but the search was in vain | G |
| For none had compassion on me | F |
| - | |
| I cast my eyes up to the sky | D |
| I groan'd though I said not a word | H |
| Yet GOD was not deaf to my cry | D |
| The Friend of the fatherless heard | H |
| - | |
| For since I have trusted his care | I |
| And learn'd on his word to depend | J |
| He has kept me from every snare | I |
| And been my best Father and Friend | J |
Ann Taylor
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