The Hat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEE GHGH IJIJ| In city shop a hat I saw | A |
| That to my fancy seemed to strike | B |
| I gave my wage to buy the straw | A |
| And make myself a one the like | B |
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| I wore it to the village fair | C |
| Oh proud I was though poor was I | D |
| The maids looked at me with a stare | C |
| The lads looked at me with a sigh | D |
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| I wore it Sunday to the Mass | E |
| The other girls wore handkerchiefs | F |
| I saw them darkly watch and pass | E |
| With sullen smiles with hidden griefs | E |
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| And then with sobbing fear I fled | G |
| But they waylayed me on the street | H |
| And tore the hat from off my head | G |
| And trampled it beneath their feet | H |
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| I sought the Church my grief was wild | I |
| And by my mother's grave I sat | J |
| I've never cried for clay cold child | I |
| As I wept for that ruined hat | J |
Robert Service
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