A Hero Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFFGFG HIHIJKJK| Three times I had the lust to kill | A |
| To clutch a throat so young and fair | B |
| And squeeze with all my might until | A |
| No breath of being lingered there | B |
| Three times I drove the demon out | C |
| Though on my brow was evil sweat | D |
| And yet I know beyond a doubt | C |
| He'll get me yet he'll get me yet | D |
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| I know I'm mad I ought to tell | E |
| The doctors let them care for me | F |
| Confine me in a padded cell | E |
| And never never set me free | F |
| But Oh how cruel that would be | F |
| For I am young and comely too | G |
| Yet dim my demon I can see | F |
| And there is but one thing to do | G |
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| Three times I beat the foul fiend back | H |
| The fourth I know he will prevail | I |
| And so I'll seek the railway track | H |
| And lay my head upon the rail | I |
| And sight the dark and distant train | J |
| And hear its thunder louder roll | K |
| Coming to crush my cursed brain | J |
| Oh God have mercy on my soul | K |
Robert Service
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