Mary Ellen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBBB CDCDEBEB FGFGHIJI| It's mighty quiet in the house | A |
| Since Mary Ellen quit me cold | B |
| I've swept the hearth and fed the mouse | A |
| That's getting fat and overbold | B |
| I've bought a pig's foot for the pot | B |
| And soon I'll set the fire alight | B |
| Then I may eat or I may not | B |
| Depends upon my appetite | B |
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| Since Mary Ellen left me lone | C |
| I haven't earned a bloody bob | D |
| I sit and sigh and mope and moan | C |
| And bellyache I quit my job | D |
| My money's mostly gone I think | E |
| I ought to save it up for food | B |
| But no I'll blow it in for drink | E |
| Then do a bunk for good | B |
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| I watch my mouse his whiskers preen | F |
| He watches me with wicked glee | G |
| Today oh God It's years sixteen | F |
| Since Mary Ellen wed with me | G |
| Oh how the dear girl hated vermin | H |
| She left rat poison on the shelf | I |
| Friend Mouse your doom I new determine | J |
| Then how about myself | I |
Robert William Service
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