The Hag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB BBDEED FGHEEH EEBIJB| The Hag is astride | A |
| This night for to ride | A |
| The devil and she together | B |
| Through thick and through thin | C |
| Now out and then in | C |
| Though ne'er so foul be the weather | B |
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| A thorn or a bur | B |
| She takes for a spur | B |
| With a lash of a bramble she rides now | D |
| Through brakes and through briars | E |
| O'er ditches and mires | E |
| She follows the spirit that guides now | D |
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| No beast for his food | F |
| Dares now range the wood | G |
| But hush'd in his lair he lies lurking | H |
| While mischiefs by these | E |
| On land and on seas | E |
| At noon of night are a working | H |
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| The storm will arise | E |
| And trouble the skies | E |
| This night and more for the wonder | B |
| The ghost from the tomb | I |
| Affrighted shall come | J |
| Call'd out by the clap of the thunder | B |
Robert Herrick
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