Gipsy Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB C C D EEFF C C D GGHH C C D IIJJ C C D

IN the drizzling mist with the snow high pil'dA
In the Winter night in the forest wildA
I heard the wolves with their ravenous howlB
I heard the screaming note of the owlB
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Wille wau wau wauC
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Wille wo wo woC
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Wito huD
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I shot one day a cat in a ditchE
The dear black cat of Anna the witchE
Upon me at night seven were wolves came downF
Seven women they were from out of the townF
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Wille wau wau wauC
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Wille wo wo woC
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Wito huD
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I knew them all ay I knew them straightG
First Anna then Ursula Eve and KateG
And Barbara Lizzy and Bet as wellH
And forming a ring they began to yellH
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Wille wau wau wauC
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Wille wo wo woC
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Wito huD
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Then call'd I their names with angry threatI
What wouldst thou Anna What wouldst thou BetI
At hearing my voice themselves they shookJ
And howling and yelling to flight they tookJ
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Wille wau wau wauC
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Wille wo wo woC
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Wito huD

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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