The Ballad Of The Murdered Merchant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDCD CEFE CGHG IJKJ LMCM NOGO OPQR SJTJ| All stark and cold the merchant lay | A |
| All cold and stark lay he | B |
| And who hath killed the fair merchant | C |
| Now tell the truth to me | B |
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| Oh I have killed this fair merchant | C |
| Will never again draw breath | D |
| Oh I have made this fair merchant | C |
| To come unto his death | D |
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| Oh why hast thou killed this fair merchant | C |
| Whose corpse I now behold | E |
| And why hast caused this man to lie | F |
| In death all stark and cold | E |
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| Oh I have killed this fair merchant | C |
| Whose kith and kin make moan | G |
| For that he hath stolen my precious time | H |
| When he useth the telephone | G |
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| The telephone bell rang full and clear | I |
| The receiver did I seize | J |
| Hello quoth I and quoth a girl | K |
| Hello One moment please | J |
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| I waited moments ane and twa | L |
| And moments three and four | M |
| And then I sought the fair merchant | C |
| And spilled his selfish gore | M |
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| That business man who scorneth to waste | N |
| His moments sae rich and fine | O |
| In calling a man to the telephone | G |
| Shall never again waste mine | O |
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| And every time a henchwoman | O |
| Shall cause me a moment's loss | P |
| I'll forthwith fare to that office | Q |
| And stab to death her boss | R |
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| Rise up Rise up thou bless d knight | S |
| And off thy bended knees | J |
| Go forth and slay all folk who make | T |
| Us wait One moment please | J |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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