Ah Me! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACCCDDC EFEEFFFGHF| When maiden loves she sits and sighs | A |
| She wanders to and fro | B |
| Unbidden tear drops fill her eyes | A |
| And to all questions she replies | A |
| With a sad heigho | C |
| 'Tis but a little word heigho | C |
| So soft 'tis scarcely heard heigho | C |
| An idle breath | D |
| Yet life and death | D |
| May hang upon a maid's heigho | C |
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| When maiden loves she mopes apart | E |
| As owl mopes on a tree | F |
| Although she keenly feels the smart | E |
| She cannot tell what ails her heart | E |
| With its sad Ah me | F |
| 'Tis but a foolish sigh Ah me | F |
| Born but to droop and die Ah me | F |
| Yet all the sense | G |
| Of eloquence | H |
| Lies hidden in a maid's Ah me | F |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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