John Mouldy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEAE CFGF ABCB| I spied John Mouldy in his celler | A |
| Deep down twenty steps of stone | B |
| In the dusk he sat a smiling | C |
| Smiling there all alone | B |
| - | |
| He read no book he snuffed no candle | D |
| The rats ran in the rats ran out | E |
| And far and near the drip of water | A |
| Went whisp'ring about | E |
| - | |
| The dusk was still with dew a falling | C |
| I saw the Dog star bleak and grim | F |
| I saw a slim brown rat of Norway | G |
| Creep over him | F |
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| I spied John Mouldy in his celler | A |
| Deep down twenty steps of stone | B |
| In the dusk he sat a smiling | C |
| Smiling there all alone | B |
Walter De La Mare
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