The Wanderer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DBDBEE FGFGHI JGJGKK LMLMHH| Wandering minstrel at my gate | A |
| Shivering in the winter gloaming | B |
| How appalling seems your fate | A |
| Destined to be always roaming | B |
| Singing for a bit of bread | C |
| And a shelter for your head | C |
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| Your sweet voice is all you own | D |
| Save the poor thin clothes you're wearing | B |
| And you are not quite alone | D |
| For a dog your crust is sharing | B |
| Yet o'er many a weary mile | E |
| You have brought a song and smile | E |
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| I who have abundant land | F |
| Home with comforts beyond measure | G |
| Gardens loggias and a strand | F |
| Where a boat awaits my pleasure | G |
| Wonder what would be your story | H |
| Were I tramp and you signore | I |
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| Would you weary of control | J |
| Long to slip your gilded tether | G |
| And with Leo once more stroll | J |
| Heedless of the wind and weather | G |
| You could hardly do that all | K |
| Once ensconced behind my wall | K |
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| Every one must make a choice | L |
| Life is based on compensation | M |
| You have nothing but your voice | L |
| I have more but more vexation | M |
| Minstrel you at least are free | H |
| Give your smile to slaves like me | H |
John L. Stoddard
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