Red Breast Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BCCBA DDEA FAAA FFGGAA HHAA| I saw one hanging on a tree | A |
| And O his face was sad to see | A |
| Misery misery me | A |
| - | |
| There were berries red upon his head | B |
| And in his hands and on his feet | C |
| But when I tried to pick and eat | C |
| They were his blood and he was dead | B |
| Misery misery me | A |
| - | |
| It broke my heart to see him there | D |
| So lone and sad in his despair | D |
| The nails of woe were through his hands | E |
| And through his feet ah misery me | A |
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| With beak and claws I did my best | F |
| To loose the nails and set him free | A |
| But they were all too strong for me | A |
| Misery misery me | A |
| - | |
| I picked and pulled and did my best | F |
| And his red blood stained all my breast | F |
| I bit the nails I pecked the thorn | G |
| O never saw I thorn so worn | G |
| But yet I could not get him free | A |
| Misery misery me | A |
| - | |
| And never since have I feared man | H |
| But ever I seek him when I can | H |
| And let him see the wish in me | A |
| To ease him of his misery | A |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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