William Rufus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHDH IIJI AKLK MNON DPQP DRSR GTRT AUFU RRDR VWXW YZA2Z MFRF VVOV VB2VB2The reign of King William the Second | A |
Were an uninteresting affair | B |
There's only two things that's remembered of him | C |
That's his sudden death and his red hair | B |
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He got his red hair from his Mother | D |
The crown that he wore were his Dad's | E |
And the arrow that came at the end of his reign | F |
Were a well deserved gift from the lads | E |
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For William were cunning and cruel | G |
Addicted to every vice | H |
He'd bluster and perjure and ravage and murder | D |
Apart from all that he weren t nice | H |
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He'd two brothers called Robert and Henry | I |
One older one younger than he | I |
And by terms of the Will of old Conqueror Bill | J |
The estate had been split into three | I |
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Thus William became King of England | A |
And Normandy that went to Bob | K |
Young Hal got no throne but received a cash bonus | L |
Instead of a regular job | K |
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But Bob weren't content with his Dukedom | M |
And Will weren't content with his throne | N |
Both wanted the lot and each started to plot | O |
How to add t'other share to his own | N |
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Young Hal went from one to the other | D |
Telling each as be thought he were right | P |
And mixing the pudding he roused the bad blood in | Q |
Them both till they reckoned they'd fight | P |
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So Will got his army together | D |
And planned an invasion of France | R |
But HaI chanced to find out what Will had in mind | S |
And sent Robert a line in advance | R |
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The result were when Bill crossed the Channel | G |
Instead of t'surprise that were meant | T |
He was met on the shore by Duke Bob and his Normans | R |
And came back as fast as he went | T |
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And later when Bob crossed to England | A |
Intending to ravage and sack | U |
It were Henry again who upset the campaign | F |
And t'were Robert this time that went back | U |
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After one or two sim'lar debacles | R |
They tumbled to Henry's tricks | R |
And joined with each other to find their young brother | D |
And take him and knock him for six | R |
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But Henry got wind of their coming | V |
And made off without more ado | W |
To his fortified pitch on the Isle of St Michel | X |
From which he cocked snooks at the two | W |
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When they found things had come to a deadlock | Y |
They shook hands and called it a day | Z |
But though Henry pretended that quarrels was ended | A2 |
He still had a card he could play | Z |
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He came back to England with William | M |
And started a whispering campaign | F |
To spoil his prestige with his vassals and lieges | R |
Which whispering wasn't in vain | F |
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For one day when William were hunting | V |
An arrow from somewhere took wing | V |
And William were shot falling dead on the spot | O |
And Henry proclaimed himself King | V |
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So young Henry who started with nothing | V |
At the finish held England in thrall | B2 |
And as Bob were away with a party Crusading | V |
He pinched his possessions and all | B2 |
Marriott Edgar
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