The Homicide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFEFEF GBGBG HEHEHE| They say she speeded wanton wild | A |
| When she was warm with wine | B |
| And so she killed a little child | A |
| Could have been yours or mine | B |
| The Judge's verdict was not mild | A |
| And heavy was the fine | B |
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| And yet I see her driving still | C |
| But maybe with more care | D |
| Oh I should hate a child to kill | C |
| With vine leaves in my hair | D |
| I think that I should grieve until | C |
| Life was too bleak to bear | D |
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| I think that I would see each day | E |
| That child in beauty grow | F |
| How she would haunt me in her play | E |
| And I would watch her go | F |
| To School a dancing on her way | E |
| With gladness all aglow | F |
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| And then one day I might believe | G |
| With angel eyes ashine | B |
| She'd say to me 'Please do not grieve | G |
| Maybe the fault was mine | B |
| Take heart to Heaven's comfort cleave | G |
| For am I not divine ' | - |
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| I think I know how I would feel | H |
| If I a child should slay | E |
| The rest of living I would kneel | H |
| And for God's pity pray | E |
| Madam I saw you at the wheel | H |
| Of your new car today | E |
Robert William Service
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