The Rocks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CB DB EB EB EFB| I was a timid little antelope | A |
| My home was in the rocks the lonely rocks | B |
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| I saw the hunters scouring on the plain | C |
| I lived among the rocks the lonely rocks | B |
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| I was a thirsty in the summer heat | D |
| I ventured to the tents beneath the rocks | B |
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| Zuleikah brought me water from the well | E |
| Since then I have been faithless to the rocks | B |
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| I saw her face reflected in the well | E |
| Her camels since have marched into the rocks | B |
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| I look to see her image in the well | E |
| I only see my eyes my own sad eyes | F |
| My mother is alone among the rocks | B |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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