Nellie Clark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNG| I was only eight years old | A |
| And before I grew up and knew what it meant | B |
| I had no words for it except | C |
| That I was frightened and told my | D |
| Mother And that my Father got a pistol | E |
| And would have killed Charlie who was a big boy | F |
| Fifteen years old except for his Mother | G |
| Nevertheless the story clung to me | H |
| But the man who married me a widower of thirty five | I |
| Was a newcomer and never heard it | J |
| 'Till two years after we were married | K |
| Then he considered himself cheated | L |
| And the village agreed that I was not really a virgin | M |
| Well he deserted me and I died | N |
| The following winter | G |
Edgar Lee Masters
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