Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDABCEFGHG IJKLIKKLMKMK NKOPQKRPSBSM KTMUKTMUVWVW XWKYZWKYKA2KA2

When I was a windy boy and a bitA
And the black spit of the chapel foldB
Sighed the old ram rod dying of womenC
I tiptoed shy in the gooseberry woodD
The rude owl cried like a tell tale titA
I skipped in a blush as the big girls rolledB
Nine pin down on donkey's commonC
And on seesaw sunday nights I wooedE
Whoever I would with my wicked eyesF
The whole of the moon I could love and leaveG
All the green leaved little weddings' wivesH
In the coal black bush and let them grieveG
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When I was a gusty man and a halfI
And the black beast of the beetles' pewsJ
Sighed the old ram rod dying of bitchesK
Not a boy and a bit in the wickL
Dipping moon and drunk as a new dropped calfI
I whistled all night in the twisted fluesK
Midwives grew in the midnight ditchesK
And the sizzling sheets of the town cried QuickL
Whenever I dove in a breast high shoalM
Wherever I ramped in the clover quiltsK
Whatsoever I did in the coalM
Black night I left my quivering printsK
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When I was a man you could call a manN
And the black cross of the holy houseK
Sighed the old ram rod dying of welcomeO
Brandy and ripe in my bright bass primeP
No springtailed tom in the red hot townQ
With every simmering woman his mouseK
But a hillocky bull in the swelterR
Of summer come in his great good timeP
To the sultry biding herds I saidS
Oh time enough when the blood runs coldB
And I lie down but to sleep in bedS
For my sulking skulking coal black soulM
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When I was half the man I wasK
And serve me right as the preachers warnT
Sighed the old ram rod dying of downfallM
No flailing calf or cat in a flameU
Or hickory bull in milky grassK
But a black sheep with a crumpled hornT
At last the soul from its foul mouseholeM
Slunk pouting out when the limp time cameU
And I gave my soul a blind slashed eyeV
Gristle and rind and a roarers' lifeW
And I shoved it into the coal black skyV
To find a woman's soul for a wifeW
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Now I am a man no more no moreX
And a black reward for a roaring lifeW
Sighed the old ram rod dying of strangersK
Tidy and cursed in my dove cooed roomY
I lie down thin and hear the good bells jawZ
For oh my soul found a sunday wifeW
In the coal black sky and she bore angelsK
Harpies around me out of her wombY
Chastity prays for me piety singsK
Innocence sweetens my last black breathA2
Modesty hides my thighs in her wingsK
And all the deadly virtues plague my deathA2

Dylan Thomas



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