The Vampire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CDEED FBFFFB GDBBD HBHHHB IDBBD| A fool there was and he made his prayer | A |
| Even as you and I | B |
| To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair | A |
| We called her the woman who did not care | A |
| But the fool he called her his lady fair | A |
| Even as you and I | B |
| - | |
| Oh the years we waste and the tears we waste | C |
| And the work of our head and hand | D |
| Belong to the woman who did not know | E |
| And now we know that she never could know | E |
| And did not understand | D |
| - | |
| A fool there was and his goods he spent | F |
| Even as you and I | B |
| Honor and faith and a sure intent | F |
| But a fool must follow his natural bent | F |
| And it wasn't the least what the lady meant | F |
| Even as you and I | B |
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| Oh the toil we lost and the spoil we lost | G |
| And the excellent things we planned | D |
| Belong to the woman who didn't know why | B |
| And now we know she never knew why | B |
| And did not understand | D |
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| The fool we stripped to his foolish hide | H |
| Even as you and I | B |
| Which she might have seen when she threw him aside | H |
| But it isn't on record the lady tried | H |
| So some of him lived but the most of him died | H |
| Even as you and I | B |
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| And it isn't the shame and it isn't the blame | I |
| That stings like a white hot brand | D |
| It's coming to know that she never knew why | B |
| Seeing at last she could never know why | B |
| And never could understand | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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