William Tell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDCEC DADAFGFH IBEBJKLK MNLNOPQP ACNCRAAA| Dar ban a man named Villiam Tell | A |
| Who ban a qvite gude shot | B |
| Ay bet yu ven he tak nice aim | C |
| He alvays hit the spot | B |
| Ay s'pose he hunting every day | D |
| And killing lots of game | C |
| Ef he ban missing such a chance | E |
| Ay tenk it ban a shame | C |
| - | |
| Some fallers yump on him von day | D |
| And taking him to yail | A |
| And tal him he skol have to pay | D |
| Sax tousand dollars' bail | A |
| Yeew hiz say Tell Sax tousand bones | F |
| Ay ant got saxty cents | G |
| And so dey mak him breaking stones | F |
| Behind big iron fence | H |
| - | |
| Den Olaf Gessler say to him | I |
| Bill yu ban qvite gude shot | B |
| So ay skol give yu yust von chance | E |
| To vinning nice yack pot | B |
| Yure son ban purty brave young kid | J |
| Ay tell yu on the dead | K |
| Yu skol go free ef you can shoot | L |
| Dis apple off his head | K |
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| Yerusalem say Bill ef you | M |
| Skol give me drenk of bock | N |
| Ay bet yu ay can shoot dis fruit | L |
| Off little Yimmie's block | N |
| But ef ay shoot tu low val den | O |
| Yust sidestep qvick by heck | P |
| Or yu skol finding little bunch | Q |
| Of arrows in yure neck | P |
| - | |
| So Olaf frame it op for Bill | A |
| And Bill he tak gude aim | C |
| And shoot at little Yimmie's block | N |
| Ay tal yu he ban game | C |
| And Bill skol knocking apple off | R |
| And Yim vent back to school | A |
| But Olaf put Bill back in yail | A |
| And tal him April fool | A |
William F. Kirk
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