Annie Marshall The Foundling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD BBEE FGHH BBIJ KKLL MHHH NOAA PPAA QQCC AARR SSTT UVWX XWVA AAVV AAYY AAZA2| Annie Marshall was a foundling and lived in Downderry | A |
| And was trained up by a coast guardsman kind hearted and merry | A |
| And he loved Annie Marshall as dear as his life | B |
| And he resolved to make her his own loving wife | B |
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| The night was tempestuous most terrific and pitch dark | C |
| When Matthew Pengelly rescued Annie Marshall from an ill fated barque | C |
| But her parents were engulfed in the briny deep | D |
| Which caused poor Annie at times to sigh and weep | D |
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| One day Matthew asked Annie if she would be his wife | B |
| And Annie replied I never thought of it in all my life | B |
| Yes my wife Annie replied Matthew hold hard a bit | E |
| Remember Annie I've watched you grow up and consider you most fit | E |
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| Poor Annie did not speak she remained quite mute | F |
| And with agitation she trembled from head to foot | G |
| The poor girl was in a dilemma she knew not what to say | H |
| And owing to Matthew training her she couldn't say him nay | H |
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| Oh Matthew I'm afraid I would not make you a good wife | B |
| And in that respect there would be too much strife | B |
| And the thought thereof believe me makes me feel ill | I |
| Because I'm unfit to be thy wife Matthew faltered the poor girl | J |
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| Time will prove that dear Annie but why are you so calm | K |
| Then Annie put her hand shyly into Matthew's brown palm | K |
| Just then the flashing lightning played upon Annie's face | L |
| And the loud thunder drowned Matthew's words as Annie left the place | L |
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| But Matthew looked after her as she went home straightway | M |
| And his old heart felt light and gay | H |
| As he looked forward for his coming marriage day | H |
| Because he knew that Annie Marshall couldn't say him nay | H |
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| Then the sky drew dark and the sea lashed itself into foam | N |
| But he heeded it not as he sat there alone | O |
| Till the sound of a gun came booming o'er the sea | A |
| Then Matthew had to attend to his duty immediately | A |
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| A ship he muttered Lord help them and coming right in by the sound | P |
| And in a few minutes she will run aground | P |
| And the vessel was dashed against the rocks with her helpless crew | A |
| Then in hot haste for assistance Matthew instantly flew | A |
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| Then Matthew returned with a few men all willing to lend their aid | Q |
| But amongst them all Matthew seemed the least afraid | Q |
| Then an old man cried Save my boy for his mother's sake | C |
| Oh Matthew try and save him or my heart will break | C |
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| I will Heaven helping me Matthew said solemnly | A |
| Come bear a hand mates and lower me over the cliff quietly | A |
| Then Matthew was lowered with ropes into what seemed a watery grave | R |
| At the risk of his own life old Jonathan Bately's son to save | R |
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| So Matthew Pengelly saved Jonathan Bately's son | S |
| And the old man thanked God and Matthew for what he had done | S |
| And the mother's heart was full of gratitude and joy | T |
| For the restoration of her darling boy | T |
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| So Matthew resolved to marry Annie Marshall | U |
| But first he'd go to sea whatever did befall | V |
| To earn a few pounds to make the marriage more grand | W |
| So he joined a whaling vessel and went to Greenland | X |
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| And while Matthew was away at Greenland | X |
| David Bately wanted to marry Annie Marshall right off hand | W |
| But Annie refused to marry David Bately | V |
| So in anger David Bately went another voyage to sea | A |
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| A few nights after David Bately had gone to sea | A |
| Annie's thoughts reverted to Matthew Pengelly | A |
| And as she sat in the Downderry station watching the boiling waves below | V |
| The wind blew a terrific gale which filled her heart with woe | V |
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| And as she sat there the big waves did loudly roar | A |
| When a man cried Help help there's a corpse washed ashore | A |
| Then Annie rushed madly to the little beach | Y |
| And when she saw the corpse she gave a loud screech | Y |
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| So there is but little more to tell of this sad history | A |
| Only that Annie Marshall mourned long for Matthew Pengelly | A |
| Who had floated home to be buried amongst his own kin | Z |
| But alas the rest of the crew were buried in the sea save him | A2 |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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