The Curse Of The Wandering Foot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AEAEFGHB IJIJAAAA CKCKLBLB| All hope of rest withdrawn me | A |
| What dread command hath put | B |
| This awful curse upon me | A |
| The curse of the wandering foot | B |
| Forward and backward and thither | C |
| And hither and yon again | D |
| Wandering ever And whither | C |
| Answer them God Amen | D |
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| The blue skies are far o'er me | A |
| The bleak fields near below | E |
| Where the mother that bore me | A |
| Where her grave in the snow | E |
| Glad in her trough of a coffin | F |
| The sad eyes frozen shut | G |
| That wept so often often | H |
| The curse of the wandering foot | B |
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| Here in your marts I care not | I |
| Whatsoever ye think | J |
| Good folk many who dare not | I |
| Give me to eat and drink | J |
| Give me to sup of your pity | A |
| Feast me on prayers O ye | A |
| Met I your Christ in the city | A |
| He would fare forth with me | A |
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| Forward and onward and thither | C |
| And hither again and yon | K |
| With milk for our drink together | C |
| And honey to feed upon | K |
| Nor hope of rest withdrawn us | L |
| Since the one Father put | B |
| The blessed curse upon us | L |
| The curse of the wandering foot | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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