The Judgement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDF GHGHH HI JKJKLML| The Judge looked down his face was grim | A |
| He scratched his ear | B |
| The gangster's moll looked up at him | A |
| With eyes of fear | C |
| She thought 'This guy in velvet gown | D |
| With balding pate | E |
| Who now on me is looking down | D |
| Can seal my fate ' | F |
| - | |
| The Judge thought 'Fifteen years or ten | G |
| I might decree | H |
| Just let me say the word and then | G |
| Go home to tea | H |
| But then this poor wretch might not be | H |
| So long alive ' | - |
| So with surprise he heard that he | H |
| Was saying 'Five' | I |
| - | |
| The Judge went home His daughter's child | J |
| Was five that day | K |
| And with sweet gifts around her piled | J |
| She laughed in play | K |
| Then mused the Judge 'Life oft bestows | L |
| Such evil odds | M |
| May he who human mercy shows | L |
| Not count on God's ' | - |
Robert William Service
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