Devil's Swing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEFDG CHCH CEECCE FIFI FIFI JKLK MFBF FNOP| Over the rushing river | A |
| Where shaggy fir trees stand | B |
| The devil himself is pushing | C |
| My swing with furry hand | B |
| - | |
| Pushing he laughs away | D |
| And up I go | E |
| And down I go | E |
| The seat creaks ominously | F |
| The rope begins to fray | D |
| Rubbing against a bough | G |
| - | |
| Prolonged the seat board's creaking | C |
| As up and down it glides | H |
| With wheezy laughter shaking | C |
| The devil holds his sides | H |
| - | |
| l hang on swinging gliding | C |
| As up I go | E |
| And down I go | E |
| Slithering slipping sliding | C |
| My dizzy gaze avoiding | C |
| The devil down below | E |
| - | |
| Above the shady fir tree | F |
| A voice laughs from the blue | I |
| You've landed on the swing see | F |
| Swing and to hell with you | I |
| - | |
| And in the shaggy fir tree | F |
| A raucous hullabaloo | I |
| You've landed on the swing see | F |
| Swing and to hell with you | I |
| - | |
| The devil will not leave it | J |
| The swing will fly apace | K |
| Till with a violent buffet | L |
| I'm swept clean off my place | K |
| - | |
| Until the last few strands | M |
| Of hemp snap finally | F |
| Until my native land | B |
| Comes flying up at me | F |
| - | |
| I'll soar above that fir tree | F |
| And bang earth with my head | N |
| So swing the swing on devil | O |
| Higher higher Aah | P |
Fyodor Sologub
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