Old Adam, The Carrion Crow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCBAAAAD EAEFGGHAAAAD| Old Adam the carrion crow | A |
| The old crow of Cairo | A |
| He sat in the shower and let it flow | A |
| Under his tail and over his crest | B |
| And through every feather | C |
| Leak'd the wet weather | C |
| And the bough swung under his nest | B |
| For his beak it was heavy with marrow | A |
| Is that the wind dying O no | A |
| It's only two devils that blow | A |
| Through a murderer's bones to and fro | A |
| In the ghosts' moonshine | D |
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| Ho Eve my grey carrion wife | E |
| When we have supped on king's marrow | A |
| Where shall we drink and make merry our life | E |
| Our nest it is queen Cleopatra's skull | F |
| 'Tis cloven and crack'd | G |
| And batter'd and hack'd | G |
| But with tears of blue eyes it is full | H |
| Let us drink then my raven of Cairo | A |
| Is that the wind dying O no | A |
| It's only two devils that blow | A |
| Through a murderer's bones to and fro | A |
| In the ghosts' moonshine | D |
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
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