A Domestic Tragedy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL| Clorinda met me on the way | A |
| As I came from the train | B |
| Her face was anything but gay | A |
| In fact suggested pain | B |
| Oh hubby hubby dear she cried | C |
| I've awful news to tell | D |
| What is it darling I replied | C |
| Your mother is she well | D |
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| Oh no oh no it is not that | E |
| It's something else she wailed | F |
| My heart was beating pit a pat | E |
| My ruddy visage paled | F |
| Like lightning flash in heaven's dome | G |
| The fear within me woke | H |
| Don't say I cried our little home | G |
| Has all gone up in smoke | H |
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| She shook her head Oh swift I clasped | I |
| And held her to my breast | J |
| The children Tell me quick I gasped | I |
| Believe me it is best | J |
| Then then she spoke 'mid sobs I caught | K |
| These words of woe divine | L |
| It's coo coo cook has gone and bought | K |
| A new hat just like mine | L |
Robert Service
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