The Little Match Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDBB EEFF GGHI JIKK LLMM GGNN OOPP IILQ GGQR| It was biting cold and the falling snow | A |
| Which filled a poor little match girl's heart with woe | A |
| Who was bareheaded and barefooted as she went along the street | B |
| Crying Who'll buy my matches for I want pennies to buy some meat | B |
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| When she left home she had slippers on | C |
| But alas poor child now they were gone | D |
| For she lost both of them while hurrying across the street | B |
| Out of the way of two carriages which were near by her feet | B |
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| So the little girl went on while the snow fell thick and fast | E |
| And the child's heart felt cold and downcast | E |
| For nobody had bought any matchea that day | F |
| Which filled her little mind with grief and dismay | F |
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| Alas she was hungry and shivering with cold | G |
| So in a corner between two houses she made bold | G |
| To take shelter from the violent storm | H |
| Poor little waif wishing to herself she'd never been born | I |
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| And she grew colder and colder and feared to go home | J |
| For fear of her father beating her and she felt woe begone | I |
| Because she could carry home no pennies to buy bread | K |
| And to go home without pennies she was in dread | K |
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| The large flakes of snow covered her ringlets of fair hair | L |
| While the passers by for her had no care | L |
| As they hurried along to their homes at a quick pace | M |
| While the cold wind blew in the match girl's face | M |
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| As night wore on her hands were numb with cold | G |
| And no longer her strength could her uphold | G |
| When an idea into her little head came | N |
| She'd strike a match and warm her hands at the flame | N |
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| And she lighted the match and it burned brightly | O |
| And it helped to fill her heart with glee | O |
| And she thought she was sitting at a stove very grand | P |
| But alas she was found dead with a match in her hand | P |
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| Her body was found half covered with snow | I |
| And as the people gazed thereon their hearts were full of woe | I |
| And many present let fall a burning tear | L |
| Because she was found dead on the last night of the year | Q |
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| In that mighty city of London wherein is plenty of gold | G |
| But alas their charity towards street waifs is rather cold | G |
| But I hope the match girl's in Heaven beside her Saviour dear | Q |
| A bright reward for all the hardships she suffered here | R |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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