The Bandit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGICC JKJKCC| Upon his way to rob a Bank | A |
| He paused to watch a fire | B |
| Though crowds were pressing rank on rank | A |
| He pushed a passage nigher | B |
| Then sudden heard piercing and wild | C |
| The screaming of a child | C |
| - | |
| A Public Enemy was he | D |
| A hater of the law | E |
| He looked around for bravery | D |
| But only fear he saw | E |
| Then to the craven crowds amaze | F |
| He plunged into the blaze | F |
| - | |
| How anguished was the waiting spell | G |
| Of horror and of pain | H |
| Then then from out that fiery hell | G |
| He staggered forth again | I |
| The babe was safe in blankets wrapt | C |
| The man flame lapt | C |
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| His record was an evil one | J |
| Of violence and sin | K |
| No good on earth he'd ever done | J |
| Yet may he Heaven win | K |
| A gangster he Is it not odd | C |
| With guts of God | C |
Robert Service
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