Aha! Beware Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JFJFKK LMLMNN HDHDII OPOPFF QRQRSS TUVUWX| Aha Beware I know your guilty past | A |
| I was a witness of that secret crime | B |
| One word and all your fondest hopes I blast | A |
| I bide me time | B |
| I hold you in me grip unhappy man | C |
| And I shall cr r rush you if you thwart me plan | C |
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| Hist Have a care lest I divulge the plot | D |
| I saw you forge the will With these two eyes | E |
| I recognised the corpse and know the spot | D |
| Where it now lies | E |
| I know the hand that sped the fatal blow | F |
| And stole the widder's che ild Aha I know | F |
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| Be warned Seek not to sully my fair fame | G |
| Who stole the papers Ah Then have a care | H |
| The man that pawned the spoons I know his name | G |
| And I'm aware | H |
| Who lured the girl aboard the lugger Aye | I |
| All all is known to me for I was nigh | I |
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| I know who shook the fowls Then do not seek | J |
| To try my patience over much for lo | F |
| You're doomed if but one little word I speak | J |
| For well I know | F |
| Who killed the dog and set the house alight | K |
| And robbed the clothes line at the dead o' night | K |
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| Remember All your secrets I could tell | L |
| To me your cupboard doors are all ajar | M |
| Each hidden skeleton I know full well | L |
| Push me too far | M |
| And I shall tell the world who dodged his rent | N |
| And privately ate sausages in Lent | N |
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| 'Twas I that lurked unseen within your lair | H |
| 'Twas I that overheard the villain's plot | D |
| I saw you filch the marriage lines Beware | H |
| I heard the shot | D |
| How little you suspected who was by | I |
| When you purloined the jools Aha 'Twas I | I |
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| You cannot hide your covert crimes from me | O |
| To me your private life's an open book | P |
| Then do not cross my path or suddenly | O |
| One word One look | P |
| And all your guilty past the world shall know | F |
| And to the dust your pride be humbled low | F |
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| My mind is the receptacle for all | Q |
| The peccadilloes of mine enemies | R |
| I hold them sternly at my beck and call | Q |
| Just as I please | R |
| And it was I who hid in that dark lane | S |
| And heard them plan the wrecking of the train | S |
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| Hist If you speak one word all all is lost | T |
| Once thwart my will and lo your doom I seal | U |
| Eye you frustrate my plans count well the cost | V |
| I shall reveal | U |
| Your sin and on you heap anathema | W |
| Hist We shall meet again Farewell Aha | X |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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