The True Lover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG DHDH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPQP ABAB| The lad came to the door at night | A |
| When lovers crown their vows | B |
| And whistled soft and out of sight | A |
| In shadow of the boughs | B |
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| I shall not vex you with my face | C |
| Henceforth my love for aye | D |
| So take me in your arms a space | C |
| Before the cast is grey | E |
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| When I from hence away am past | F |
| I shall not find a bride | G |
| And you shall be the first and last | F |
| I ever lay beside | G |
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| She heard and went and knew not why | D |
| Her heart to his she laid | H |
| Light was the air beneath the sky | D |
| But dark under the shade | H |
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| Oh do you breathe lad that your breast | I |
| Seems not to rise and fall | J |
| And here upon my bosom prest | I |
| There beats no heart at all | J |
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| Oh loud my girl it once would knock | K |
| You should have felt it then | L |
| But since for you I stopped the clock | K |
| It never goes again | L |
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| Oh lad what is it lad that drips | M |
| Wet from your neck on mine | N |
| What is it falling on my lips | M |
| My lad that tastes of brine | N |
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| Oh like enough 'tis blood my dear | O |
| For when the knife was slit | P |
| The throat across from ear to ear | Q |
| 'Twill bleed because of it | P |
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| Under the stars the air was light | A |
| But dark below the boughs | B |
| The still air of the speechless night | A |
| When lovers crown their vows | B |
A. E. Housman
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