Mrs. Purkapile Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHIJKLB| He ran away and was gone for a year | A |
| When he came home he told me the silly story | B |
| Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan | C |
| And kept in chains so he could not write me | B |
| I pretended to believe it though I knew very well | D |
| What he was doing and that he met | E |
| The milliner Mrs Williams now and then | F |
| When she went to the city to buy goods as she said | G |
| But a promise is a promise | H |
| And marriage is marriage | I |
| And out of respect for my own character | J |
| I refused to he drawn into a divorce | K |
| By the scheme of a husband who had merely grown tired | L |
| Of his marital vow and duty | B |
Edgar Lee Masters
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