The Rat-catcher Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH IIJKLLMM| I AM the bard known far and wide | A |
| The travell'd rat catcher beside | A |
| A man most needful to this town | B |
| So glorious through its old renown | B |
| However many rats I see | C |
| How many weasels there may be | C |
| I cleanse the place from ev'ry one | D |
| All needs must helter skelter run | D |
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| Sometimes the bard so full of cheer | E |
| As a child catcher will appear | E |
| Who e'en the wildest captive brings | F |
| Whene'er his golden tales he sings | F |
| However proud each boy in heart | G |
| However much the maidens start | G |
| I bid the chords sweet music make | H |
| And all must follow in my wake | H |
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| Sometimes the skillful bard ye view | I |
| In the form of maiden catcher too | I |
| For he no city enters e'er | J |
| Without effecting wonders there | K |
| However coy may be each maid | L |
| However the women seem afraid | L |
| Yet all will love sick be ere long | M |
| To sound of magic lute and song | M |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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