Curious Circumstance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD AEAE| The sailorman's child | A |
| And the girl of the witch | B |
| They can't be defiled | A |
| By touching pitch | B |
| - | |
| The sailorman's son | C |
| Had a ship for a nursery | D |
| The other one | C |
| Was baptised by sorcery | D |
| - | |
| Although he's shipped | A |
| To the Persian Gulf her | E |
| Body's been dipped | A |
| In burning sulphur | E |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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