The Fair Little Maiden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHAH IJKL MNKN OPKP QLKL| There is one at the door Wolfe O'Driscoll | A |
| At the door who is bidding you come | B |
| Who is he that wakes me in the darkness | C |
| Calling when all the world's dumb | B |
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| Six horses has he to his carriage | D |
| Six horses blacker than the night | E |
| And their twelve red eyes in the shadows | F |
| Twelve lamps he carries for his light | E |
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| And his coach is a coffin black and mouldy | G |
| A huge black coffin open wide | H |
| He asks for your soul Wolfe O'Driscoll | A |
| Who is calling at the door outside | H |
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| Who let him thro' the gates of my gardens | I |
| Where stronger bolts have never been | J |
| 'Twas the father of the fair little maiden | K |
| You drove to her grave so green | L |
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| And who let him pass through the courtyard | M |
| By loosening the bar and the chain | N |
| Oh who but the brother of the maiden | K |
| Who lies in the cold and the rain | N |
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| Then who drew the bolts at the portal | O |
| And into my house bade him go | P |
| She the mother of the poor young maiden | K |
| Who lies in her youth so low | P |
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| Who stands that he dare not enter | Q |
| The door of my chamber between | L |
| O the ghost of the fair little maiden | K |
| Who lies in the churchyard green | L |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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