The Beggar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A B C D A E| I was walking along the street I was stopped by a decrepit old beggar | A |
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| Bloodshot tearful eyes blue lips coarse rags festering wounds Oh how hideously poverty had eaten into this miserable creature | A |
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| He held out to me a red swollen filthy hand He groaned he mumbled of help | B |
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| I began feeling in all my pockets No purse no watch not even a handkerchief I had taken nothing with me And the beggar was still waiting and his outstretched hand feebly shook and trembled | C |
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| Confused abashed I warmly clasped the filthy shaking hand 'Don't be angry brother I have nothing brother ' | - |
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| The beggar stared at me with his bloodshot eyes his blue lips smiled and he in his turn gripped my chilly fingers | D |
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| 'What of it brother ' he mumbled 'thanks for this too That is a gift too brother ' | - |
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| I knew that I too had received a gift from my brother | A |
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| February | E |
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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