Lynchers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DE FF GG HH II JJ KK AA| At the moon's down going let it be | A |
| On the quarry hill with its one gnarled tree | A |
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| The red rock road of the underbrush | B |
| Where the woman came through the summer hush | B |
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| The sumac high and the elder thick | C |
| Where we found the stone and the ragged stick | C |
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| The trampled road of the thicket full | D |
| Of footprints down to the quarry pool | E |
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| The rocks that ooze with the hue of lead | F |
| Where we found her lying stark and dead | F |
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| The scraggy wood the negro hut | G |
| With its doors and windows locked and shut | G |
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| A secret signal a foot's rough tramp | H |
| A knock at the door a lifted lamp | H |
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| An oath a scuffle a ring of masks | I |
| A voice that answers a voice that asks | I |
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| A group of shadows the moon's red fleck | J |
| A running noose and a man's bared neck | J |
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| A word a curse and a shape that swings | K |
| The lonely night and a bat's black wings | K |
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| At the moon's down going let it be | A |
| On the quarry hill with its one gnarled tree | A |
Madison Julius Cawein
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