What I Have Seen #1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJ LHLH KMKM| I saw a mother give wine to her boy | A |
| The rain drops fall and fall | B |
| The pride of his parents a household joy | A |
| A mother's blessing her all | B |
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| I saw the cheek of the youth grow red | C |
| The rain falls over the lea | D |
| The light of his eye shone like jewels they said | C |
| It spoke of ruin to me | D |
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| I saw the youth drink again and again | E |
| The rain falls heavy and fast | F |
| I saw the mother's brow furrowed with pain | G |
| She was reaping her harvest at last | F |
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| I saw the youth go staggering by | H |
| The rain drops beat and beat | I |
| Dulled was the light of his beautiful eye | H |
| I saw him fall in the street | I |
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| I heard the rabble cry 'Shame oh shame ' | - |
| The rain drops sob and sob | J |
| I heard the drunkard's once honored name | K |
| Shouted aloud by the mob | J |
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| I saw the youth carried home to his door | L |
| The rain drops sob and sigh | H |
| Saw the friends shun him who sought him before | L |
| Saw him sink lower and die | H |
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| I saw the stone that bore only his name | K |
| The rain drops mutter and rave | M |
| I saw the mother with sorrow and shame | K |
| Bowed to the brink of the grave | M |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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