The Disastrous Fire At Scarborough Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE EEFF DDGG HHIJ KLMM NNOO PPKL JJQQKLRRSS TUVV WWXX YZA2A2| 'Twas in the year of and on the th of June | A |
| A mother and six children met with a cruel doom | B |
| In one of the most fearful fires for some years past | C |
| And as the spectators gazed upon them they stood aghast | C |
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| The fire broke out in a hairdresser's in the town of Scarborough | D |
| And as the fire spread it filled the people's hearts with sorrow | D |
| But the police and the fire brigade were soon on the ground | E |
| Then the hose and reel were quickly sent round | E |
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| Oh it was horrible to see the flames leaping up all around | E |
| While amongst the spectators the silence was profound | E |
| As they saw a men climb out to the parapet high | F |
| Resolved to save his life or in the attempt to die | F |
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| And he gave one half frantic leap with his heart full of woe | D |
| And came down upon the roof of a public house feet below | D |
| But alas he slipped and fell through the skylight | G |
| And received cuts and bruises oh what a horrible sight | G |
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| He was the tenant of the premises Mr Brookes | H |
| And for his wife and family he enquires with anxious looks | H |
| But no one could tell him it did appear | I |
| And when told so adown his cheeks flowed many a tear | J |
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| He had been sleeping by himself on the second floor | K |
| When suddenly alarmed he thought he'd make sure | L |
| And try to escape from the burning pile with his life | M |
| And try and save his family and his wife | M |
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| The fire brigade played on the first door with greet speed | N |
| But the flames had very inflammable fuel upon which to feed | N |
| So that the fire spread with awful rapidity | O |
| And in twenty minutes the building was doomed to the fourth storey | O |
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| The firemen wrought with might and main | P |
| But still the fire did on them gain | P |
| That it was two hours before they could reach the second floor | K |
| The heat being so intense they could scarcely it endure | L |
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| And inside all the time a woman and six children were there | J |
| And when the firemen saw them in amazement they did stare | J |
| The sight that met their eyes made them for to start | Q |
| Oh Heaven the sight was sufficient to rend the strongest heart | Q |
| For there was Mrs Brookes stretched dead on the floor | K |
| Who had fallen in trying her escape for to procure | L |
| She was lying with one arm over her ten months old child | R |
| And her cries for help no doubt were frantic and wild | R |
| And part of her arm was burned off as it lay above | S |
| The child she was trying to shield which shows a mother's love | S |
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| For the baby's flesh was partly uninjured by the flames | T |
| Which shows that the loving mother had endured great pains | U |
| It however met its death by suffocation | V |
| And as the spectators gazed thereon it filled their hearts with consternation | V |
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| The firemen acted heroicallv without any dread | W |
| And when they entered the back premises they found the six children dead | W |
| But Mr Brookes 'tis said is still alive | X |
| And I hope for many years he will survive | X |
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| Oh Heaven it is cruel to perish by fire | Y |
| Therefore let us be watchful before to our beds we retire | Z |
| And see that everything is in safe order before we fall asleep | A2 |
| And pray that God o'er us in the night watch will keep | A2 |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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