The Penalty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFGHCD IJKJCC| Once in life I watched a Star | A |
| But I whistled quot Let her go | B |
| There are others fairer far | A |
| Which my favouring skies shall show | B |
| Here I lied and herein I | C |
| Stood to pay the penalty | D |
| - | |
| Marvellous the Planets shone | E |
| As I ranged from coast to coast | F |
| But beyond comparison | G |
| Rode the Star that I had lost | H |
| I had lied and only I | C |
| Did not guess the penalty | D |
| - | |
| When my Heavens were turned to blood | I |
| When the dark had filled my day | J |
| Furthest but most faithful stood | K |
| That lone Star I cast away | J |
| I had loved myself and I | C |
| Have not lived and dare not die | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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