Rebecca, A Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDD EEFFDD FFGGDD HHIIDD JJKKDD LLMNDD OPQQDD| Rebecca was the fairest maid | A |
| That on the Danube's borders play'd | A |
| And many a handsome nobleman | B |
| For her in tilt and tourney ran | C |
| While fair Rebecca wish'd to see | D |
| What youth her husband was to be | D |
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| Rebecca heard the gossips say | E |
| Alone from dusk till midnight stay | E |
| Within the church porch drear and dark | F |
| Upon the vigil of Saint Mark | F |
| And lovely maiden you shall see | D |
| What youth your husband is to be | D |
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| Rebecca when the night grew dark | F |
| Upon the vigil of Saint Mark | F |
| Observ'd by Paul a roguish scout | G |
| Who guess'd the task she went about | G |
| Stepp'd to St Stephen's Church to see | D |
| What youth her husband was to be | D |
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| Rebecca heard the screech owl cry | H |
| And saw the black bat round her fly | H |
| She sat 'till wild with fear at last | I |
| Her blood ran cold her pulse beat fast | I |
| And yet rash maid she stopp'd to see | D |
| What youth her husband was to be | D |
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| Rebecca heard the midnight chime | J |
| Ring out the yawning peal of time | J |
| When shrouded Paul unlucky knave | K |
| Rose like a spectre from the grave | K |
| And cried Fair maiden come with me | D |
| For I your bridegroom am to be | D |
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| Rebecca turn'd her head aside | L |
| Sent forth a hideous shriek and died | L |
| While Paul confess'd himself in vain | M |
| Rebecca never spoke again | N |
| Ah little hapless maid did she | D |
| Think Death her bridegroom was to be | D |
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| Rebecca may thy story long | O |
| Instruct the giddy and the young | P |
| Fright not fond youths the timid fair | Q |
| And you too gentle maids beware | Q |
| Nor seek by lawless arts to see | D |
| What youths your husbands are to be | D |
John Carr (sir)
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About Rebecca, A Ballad
Rebecca, A Ballad is a poem by John Carr (sir). This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.