Murderers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JIJIKK| He was my best and oldest friend | A |
| I'd known him all my life | B |
| And yet I'm sure towards the end | A |
| He knew I loved his wife | B |
| And wonder wonder if it's why | C |
| He came so dreadfully to die | C |
| - | |
| He drove his car at racing speed | D |
| And crashed into a tree | E |
| How could he have so little heed | D |
| A skillful driver he | E |
| I think he must have found that day | F |
| Some love letters that went astray | F |
| - | |
| I looked into the woman's eyes | G |
| And there I saw she knew | H |
| There was no shadow of surmise | G |
| For her himself he slew | H |
| That he might leave her free to wed | I |
| The quot me quot she worshipped in his stead | I |
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| She whispered as she bade me go | J |
| quot I think he found us out quot | I |
| And in her face the hate and woe | J |
| Was his revenge no doubt | I |
| Life cannot link us though glad green | K |
| His grave he stands between | K |
Robert William Service
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