The Gallows Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FFFFGDHE IJIJCDCE KFKFFDFE| There was a weasel lived in the sun | A |
| With all his family | B |
| Till a keeper shot him with his gun | A |
| And hung him up on a tree | B |
| Where he swings in the wind and rain | C |
| In the sun and in the snow | D |
| Without pleasure without pain | C |
| On the dead oak tree bough | E |
| - | |
| There was a crow who was no sleeper | F |
| But a thief and a murderer | F |
| Till a very late hour and this keeper | F |
| Made him one of the things that were | F |
| To hang and flap in rain and wind | G |
| In the sun and in the snow | D |
| There are no more sins to be sinned | H |
| On the dead oak tree bough | E |
| - | |
| There was a magpie too | I |
| Had a long tongue and a long tail | J |
| He could talk and do | I |
| But what did that avail | J |
| He too flaps in the wind and rain | C |
| Alongside weasel and crow | D |
| Without pleasue without pain | C |
| On the dead oak tree bough | E |
| - | |
| And many other beasts | K |
| And birds skin bone and feather | F |
| Have been taken from their feasts | K |
| And hung up there together | F |
| To swing and have endless leisure | F |
| In the sun and in the snow | D |
| Without pain without pleasure | F |
| On the dead oak tree bough | E |
Edward Thomas
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Gallows
The Gallows is a poem by Edward Thomas. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Gallows poem by Edward Thomas
Best Poems of Edward Thomas