A Hero Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFFGFG HIHIJKJKThree 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 William Service
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