The Shrieking Woman At Marblehead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJKJ| 'Twas a Spanish galleon sailed the seas | A |
| Two centuries since have rolled | B |
| Laden with silver and gems to please | A |
| Gay dames and gallants bold | B |
| - | |
| But villainous pirates seized the ship | C |
| As homeward she was bound | D |
| Ah she has made her last long trip | C |
| For they ran her soon aground | D |
| - | |
| From Oakum Bay into Marblehead | E |
| They brought one lady fair | F |
| Her husband alas and his crew are dead | E |
| And her they will not spare | F |
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| Loud loud she shrieked in the pirates' arms | G |
| Oh save me Jesu save | H |
| Cruel echo mocked at her wild alarms | G |
| As they dug her a nameless grave | H |
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| Yet once a year when the night has come | I |
| That saw her dreadful death | J |
| You can hear her above the ocean's boom | K |
| Shriek out with her dying breath | J |
Helen Leah Reed
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