Sentimental Hangman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJKLKM MNMNDODP| 'Tis hard to hang a husky lad | A |
| When larks are in the sky | B |
| It hurts when daffydills are glad | A |
| To wring a neck awry | B |
| When joy o' Spring is in the sap | C |
| And cheery in the sun | D |
| 'Tis sad to string aloft a chap | C |
| No matter what he done | D |
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| And sittin' in the pub o' night | E |
| I hears that prison bell | F |
| And wonders if it's reely right | E |
| To haste a man to hell | F |
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| For doin' what he had to do | G |
| Through greed or lust or hate | H |
| Aye them seem rightful words to you | G |
| But me I calls it Fate | H |
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| Lots more would flout the gallows tree | I |
| But that they are afraid | J |
| And so to save society | I |
| I ply my grisly trade | J |
| Yet as I throttle eager breath | K |
| And plunge to his hell home | L |
| Some cringin' cove to me his death | K |
| Seems more like martyrdom | M |
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| For most o' us have held betime | M |
| Foul murder in the heart | N |
| And them sad blokes I swung for crime | M |
| Were doomed right from the start | N |
| Of wilful choosing they had none | D |
| For freedom's most a fraud | O |
| And maybe in the end the one | D |
| Responsible is God | P |
Robert William Service
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