Pardoned Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHHHH IJIJKLKM NHNHGOGO| I'm pardoned out Again the stars | A |
| Shine on me with their myriad eyes | B |
| So long I've peered 'twixt iron bars | A |
| I'm awed by this expanse of skies | B |
| The world is wider than I thought | C |
| And yet 'tis not so wide I know | D |
| But into its remotest spot | E |
| My tale of shame can go | D |
| - | |
| I'm pardoned out Old Father Time | F |
| Who seemed to halt in horror when | G |
| I stained my manhood by a crime | F |
| With steady step moves on again | G |
| And through the black appalling night | H |
| That walled me in a gloom accurst | H |
| The wonder of the morning light | H |
| In sudden glory burst | H |
| - | |
| I'm pardoned out I shall be known | I |
| No more by number but by name | J |
| And yet each whispering wind has blown | I |
| Abroad the story of my shame | J |
| I dread to see men shrink away | K |
| With startled looks of scorn or fear | L |
| When in life's crowded marts some day | K |
| That name falls on their ear | M |
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| I'm pardoned out ah God to roam | N |
| Like some whipped dog among my kind | H |
| I have no friends I have no home | N |
| Save these bleak walls I leave behind | H |
| How can I face the world of men | G |
| My comrades in the days of yore | O |
| Oh hide me in my cell again | G |
| And warden lock the door | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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