A Diverted Tragedy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADCDEEFG HIDIHDHID F| Gracie wuz allus a careless tot | A |
| But Gracie dearly loved her doll | B |
| An' played wiv it on the winder sill | C |
| 'Way up stairs when she ought to not | A |
| An' her muvver telled her so an' all | D |
| But she won't mind what she say till | C |
| First thing she know her dolly fall | D |
| Clean spang out o' the winder plumb | E |
| Into the street An' here Grace come | E |
| Down stairs two at a time ist wild | F |
| An' a screamin' 'Oh my child my child ' | G |
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| Jule wuz a bringin' their basket o' clo'es | H |
| Ist then into their hall down there | I |
| An' she ist stop' when Gracie bawl | D |
| An' Jule she say 'She ist declare | I |
| She's ist in time ' An' what you s'pose | H |
| She sets her basket down in the hall | D |
| An' wite on top o' the snowy clo'es | H |
| Wuz Gracie's dolly a layin' there | I |
| An' ist ain't bu'st ner hurt a tall | D |
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| Nen Gracie smiled ist sobbed an' smiled | F |
| An' cried 'My child my precious child ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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