Pete's Error Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA| There's a new grace up on Boot Hill where we've planted Rowdy Pete | A |
| He died one evenin' sudden with his leather on his feet | A |
| He was Cactus Center's terror with that work of art the Colt | B |
| But somehow without warnin' he up and missed his holt | B |
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| His fav'rite trick in shootin' was to grab his victim's right | C |
| Then draw his own revolver and the rest was jest Good night | C |
| He worked it in succession on nine stout and well armed men | D |
| But a sickly lookin' stranger made Pete's feet slip up at ten | D |
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| Pete had follered out his programme and had passed the fightin' word | E |
| He grabbed the stranger's right hand when a funny thing occurred | E |
| The stranger was left handed which Pete hadn't figgered out | F |
| And afore he fixed his error Peter was dead beyond all doubt | F |
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| It was jest another instance of a flaw in work of man | G |
| A lefty never figgered in the gunman's battle plan | G |
| There ain't no scheme man thinks of that Dame Nature cannot beat | A |
| So his pupils are unlearnin' that cute trick they got from Pete | A |
Arthur Chapman
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