The Headless Horseman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CBCCB DBDDB EBFEB GBGGB HBHHB IBIIB JBJJB| On the black road through the wood | A |
| As I rode | B |
| There the Headless Horseman stood | A |
| By the wild pool in the wood | A |
| As I rode | B |
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| From the shadow of an oak | C |
| As I rode | B |
| Demon steed and rider broke | C |
| By the thunder shattered oak | C |
| As I rode | B |
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| On the waste road through the plain | D |
| As I rode | B |
| At my back he whirled like rain | D |
| On the tempest blackened plain | D |
| As I rode | B |
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| Four fierce hoofs shod red with fire | E |
| As I rode | B |
| Woke the wild rocks dark and dire | F |
| Eyes and nostrils streamed with fire | E |
| As I rode | B |
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| On the deep road through the rocks | G |
| As I rode | B |
| I could reach his horse's locks | G |
| Through the echo hurling rocks | G |
| As I rode | B |
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| And again I looked behind | H |
| As I rode | B |
| Dark as night and swift as wind | H |
| Towering he rode behind | H |
| As I rode | B |
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| On the steep road down the dell | I |
| As I rode | B |
| In the night I heard a bell | I |
| In the village in the dell | I |
| As I rode | B |
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| And my soul called out in prayer | J |
| As I rode | B |
| Lo the demon went in air | J |
| Leaving me alone in prayer | J |
| As I rode | B |
Madison Julius Cawein
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