Gypsy Jill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHGHII AJKJLL EMEMNN| They're hanging Bill at eight o' clock | A |
| And millions will applaud | B |
| He killed and so they have to kill | C |
| Such is the will of God | D |
| His brother Tom is on my bed | E |
| To keep me comforted | F |
| - | |
| I see his bleary blotchy face | G |
| I hear his sodden snore | H |
| He plans that he can take Bill's place | G |
| I felt worse than a whore | H |
| As in his arms I cried all night | I |
| Thinking of poor Bill's plight | I |
| - | |
| I keep my eyes upon the clock | A |
| It nears the stroke of eight | J |
| I think how bravely Bill will walk | K |
| To meet his gallows fate | J |
| His loaded gun is in the tent | L |
| I know now what he meant | L |
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| Though Tom is boastful he will wed | E |
| With me no more to part | M |
| I'll put a bullet through his head | E |
| Another through my heart | M |
| At eight stone dead we three will be | N |
| Bill Tom and me | N |
Robert William Service
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