Dicky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC D AC EDED DCFC GHGH CIDI JIKI IIII LGAG GIII A IIMI NIOI| Mother | A |
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| Oh what a heavy sigh | B |
| Dicky are you ailing | C |
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| Dicky | D |
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| Even by this fireside mother | A |
| My heart is failing | C |
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| To night across the down | E |
| Whistling and jolly | D |
| I sauntered out from town | E |
| With my stick of holly | D |
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| Bounteous and cool from sea | D |
| The wind was blowing | C |
| Cloud shadows under the moon | F |
| Coming and going | C |
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| I sang old roaring songs | G |
| Ran and leaped quick | H |
| And turned home by St Swithin's | G |
| Twirling my stick | H |
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| And there as I was passing | C |
| The churchyard gate | I |
| An old man stopped me Dicky | D |
| You're walking late | I |
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| I did not know the man | J |
| I grew afeared | I |
| At his lean lolling jaw | K |
| His spreading beard | I |
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| His garments old and musty | I |
| Of antique cut | I |
| His body very lean and bony | I |
| His eyes tight shut | I |
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| Oh even to tell it now | L |
| My courage ebbs | G |
| His face was clay mother | A |
| His beard cobwebs | G |
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| In that long horrid pause | G |
| Good night he said | I |
| Entered and clicked the gate | I |
| Each to his bed | I |
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| Mother | A |
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| Do not sigh or fear Dicky | I |
| How is it right | I |
| To grudge the dead their ghostly dark | M |
| And wan moonlight | I |
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| We have the glorious sun | N |
| Lamp and fireside | I |
| Grudge not the dead their moonshine | O |
| When abroad they ride | I |
Robert Graves
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