Mad Judy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIJJ| When the hamlet hailed a birth | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Judy used to cry | B |
| When she heard our christening mirth | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She would kneel and sigh | B |
| She was crazed we knew and we | C |
| Humoured her infirmity | C |
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| When the daughters and the sons | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Gathered them to wed | E |
| And we like intending ones | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Danced till dawn was red | E |
| She would rock and mutter More | F |
| Comers to this stony shore | F |
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| When old Headsman Death laid hands | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp On a babe or twain | H |
| She would feast and by her brands | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Sing her songs again | I |
| What she liked we let her do | J |
| Judy was insane we knew | J |
Thomas Hardy
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