Colonel Martin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGHB A EIJKLJM B A MNMNOPQPB MRSJT QB TMUMMJUJB VWXWUYK B ZA2DJB2MUMB C2 D2E2BQB

IA
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The Colonel went out sailingB
He spoke with Turk and JewC
With Christian and with InfidelD
For all tongues he knewC
'O what's a wifeless man ' said heE
And he came sailing homeF
He rose the latch and went upstairsG
And found an empty roomH
The Colonel went out sailingB
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IIA
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'I kept her much in the countryE
And she was much aloneI
And though she may be there ' he saidJ
'She may be in the townK
She may be all alone thereL
For who can say ' he saidJ
'I think that I shall find herM
In a young man's bed '-
The Colonel went out sailingB
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IIIA
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The Colonel met a pedlarM
Agreed their clothes to swopN
And bought the grandest jewelryM
In a Galway shopN
Instead of thread and needleO
put jewelry in the packP
Bound a thong about his handQ
Hitched it on his backP
The Colonel wcnt out sailingB
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IV-
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The Colonel knocked on the rich man's doorM
'I am sorry ' said the maidR
'My mistress cannot see these thingsS
But she is still abedJ
And never have I looked uponT
Jewelry so grand '-
'Take all to your mistress '-
And he laid them on her handQ
The Colonel went out sailingB
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V-
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And he went in and she went onT
And both climbed up the stairM
And O he was a clever manU
For he his slippers woreM
And when they came to the top stairM
He ran on aheadJ
His wife he found and the rich manU
In the comfort of a bedJ
The Colonel went out sailingB
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VI-
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The Judge at the Assize CourtV
When he heard that story toldW
Awarded him for damagesX
Three kegs of goldW
The Colonel said to Tom his manU
'Harness an ass and cartY
Carry the gold about the townK
Throw it in every patt '-
The Colonel went out sailingB
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And there at all street cornersZ
A man with a pistol stoodA2
And the rich man had paid them wellD
To shoot the Colonel deadJ
But they threw down their pistolsB2
And all men heard them swearM
That they could never shoot a manU
Did all that for the poorM
The Colonel went out sailingB
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VIII-
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'And did you keep no gold TomC2
You had three kegs ' said he-
'I never thought of that Sir '-
'Then want before you die '-
And want he did for my own grand dadD2
Saw the story's endE2
And Tom make out a livingB
From the seaweed on the strandQ
The Colonel went out sailingB

William Butler Yeats



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