Expectation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB ABABAB ABABAB ABABAB| My flask of wine was ruby red | A |
| And swift I ran my sweet to see | B |
| With eyes that snapped delight I said | A |
| How mad with love a lad can be | B |
| The moon was laughing overhead | A |
| I danced as nimbly as a flea | B |
| - | |
| Thought I In two weeks time we'll wed | A |
| No more a lonesome widow she | B |
| For I have bought a double bed | A |
| And I will father children three | B |
| So singing like a lark I sped | A |
| To her who ne'er expected me | B |
| - | |
| And then I went with wary tread | A |
| Her sweet surprise to greet with glee | B |
| To where her lamplit lattice shed | A |
| A rosy radiance on the lea | B |
| And then my heart sank low like lead | A |
| Two shadows on the blind to see | B |
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| A man was sitting on the bed | A |
| And she was nudely on his knee | B |
| I saw her face drain white with dread | A |
| I saw her lover madly flee | B |
| Oh how her blood is ruby red | A |
| And I await the gallows tree | B |
Robert William Service
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