An Episode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABC DECDEC FGCFGC HICHIC| Along the narrow Moorish street | A |
| A blue eyed soldier strode | B |
| Ah well a day | C |
| Veiled from her lashes to her feet | A |
| She stepped from her abode | B |
| Ah lack a day | C |
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| Now love may guard a favoured wife | D |
| Who leaves the harem door | E |
| Ah well a day | C |
| But hungry hearted is her life | D |
| When she is one of four | E |
| Ah lack a day | C |
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| If black eyes glow with sudden fire | F |
| And meet warm eyes of blue | G |
| Ah well a day | C |
| The old old story of desire | F |
| Repeats itself anew | G |
| Ah lack a day | C |
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| When bugles blow the soldier flies | H |
| Though bitter tears may fall | I |
| Ah lack a day | C |
| A MOORISH CHILD WITH BLUE BLUE EYES | H |
| PLAYS IN THE HAREM HALL | I |
| Ah well a day | C |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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