The Widow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGG HGGI CJKE KBLH GMLJ GELG| Cold was the night wind drifting fast the snows fell | A |
| Wide were the downs and shelterless and naked | B |
| When a poor Wanderer struggled on her journey | C |
| Weary and way sore | D |
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| Drear were the downs more dreary her reflexions | E |
| Cold was the night wind colder was her bosom | F |
| She had no home the world was all before her | G |
| She had no shelter | G |
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| Fast o'er the bleak heath rattling drove a chariot | H |
| Pity me feebly cried the poor night wanderer | G |
| Pity me Strangers lest with cold and hunger | G |
| Here I should perish | I |
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| Once I had friends but they have all forsook me | C |
| Once I had parents they are now in Heaven | J |
| I had a home once I had once a husband | K |
| Pity me Strangers | E |
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| I had a home once I had once a husband | K |
| I am a Widow poor and broken hearted | B |
| Loud blew the wind unheard was her complaining | L |
| On drove the chariot | H |
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| On the cold snows she laid her down to rest her | G |
| She heard a horseman pity me she groan'd out | M |
| Loud blew the wind unheard was her complaining | L |
| On went the horseman | J |
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| Worn out with anguish toil and cold and hunger | G |
| Down sunk the Wanderer sleep had seiz'd her senses | E |
| There did the Traveller find her in the morning | L |
| GOD had releast her | G |
Robert Southey
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