Gipsy Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C C D EEFF C C D GGHH C C D IIJJ C C DIN the drizzling mist with the snow high pil'd | A |
In the Winter night in the forest wild | A |
I heard the wolves with their ravenous howl | B |
I heard the screaming note of the owl | B |
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Wille wau wau wau | C |
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Wille wo wo wo | C |
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Wito hu | D |
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I shot one day a cat in a ditch | E |
The dear black cat of Anna the witch | E |
Upon me at night seven were wolves came down | F |
Seven women they were from out of the town | F |
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Wille wau wau wau | C |
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Wille wo wo wo | C |
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Wito hu | D |
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I knew them all ay I knew them straight | G |
First Anna then Ursula Eve and Kate | G |
And Barbara Lizzy and Bet as well | H |
And forming a ring they began to yell | H |
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Wille wau wau wau | C |
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Wille wo wo wo | C |
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Wito hu | D |
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Then call'd I their names with angry threat | I |
What wouldst thou Anna What wouldst thou Bet | I |
At hearing my voice themselves they shook | J |
And howling and yelling to flight they took | J |
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Wille wau wau wau | C |
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Wille wo wo wo | C |
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Wito hu | D |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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