The Forgers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFFGGDDHHIJJ EEDGGIIEJEKKLAAMMKKH HEENNDDEEGEGJJ| IN the smithy it began | A |
| Let's make something for a man | A |
| Hear the bellows belch and roar | B |
| Splashing light on roof and floor | B |
| From their nest the feathery sparks | C |
| Fly like little golden larks | C |
| Hear each forger's taunting yell | D |
| Tell tell tell tell | D |
| Tell us what we make my master | E |
| Hear the tenor hammers sound | F |
| Ring a round ring a round | F |
| Hear the treble hammers sing | G |
| Ding a ring ding a ring | G |
| Hear the forger's taunting yell | D |
| Tell tell tell tell | D |
| Though the guess be right or wrong | H |
| You must wear it all life long | H |
| How it glows as it grows | I |
| Ding a ring a derry down | J |
| Into something is't a crown | J |
| Hear them half in death with laughter | E |
| Shaking soot from roof and rafter | E |
| Tell tell tell tell | D |
| Ding a ring ding a ring | G |
| See them round the royal thing | G |
| See it fade to ruby rose | I |
| As it glows and grows | I |
| Guess they shout for worse or better | E |
| Not a crown | J |
| Is't a fetter | E |
| Hear them shout demonic mirth | K |
| Here's a guesser something worth | K |
| Make it solid round and fine | L |
| Fashioned on a cunning plan | A |
| For the riddle reader Man | A |
| Ho ho ho ho | M |
| Hear the bellows heave and blow | M |
| Heat dries up their tears of mirth | K |
| Let the marvel come to birth | K |
| Though his guess be right or wrong | H |
| He must wear it all life long | H |
| Sullen flakes of golden fire | E |
| Fawn about the dimming choir | E |
| They're a dusky pack of thieves | N |
| Shaking rubies from their sleeves | N |
| Hear them wield their vaunting yell | D |
| Tell tell tell tell | D |
| Forging faster taunting faster | E |
| Guess my master Guess my master | E |
| Grows the enigmatic thing | G |
| Ruddy joyance Deep disaster | E |
| Ding a ring ding a ring | G |
| Ding a ring a derry down | J |
| Is't a fetter Is't a crown | J |
Duncan Campbell Scott
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