Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Xxxiii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE DGHG IJKJIf truth in hearts that perish | A |
Could move the powers on high | B |
I think the love I bear you | C |
Should make you not to die | B |
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Sure sure if stedfast meaning | D |
If single thought could save | E |
The world might end to morrow | F |
You should not see the grave | E |
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This long and sure set liking | D |
This boundless will to please | G |
Oh you should live for ever | H |
If there were help in these | G |
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But now since all is idle | I |
To this lost heart be kind | J |
Ere to a town you journey | K |
Where friends are ill to find | J |
Alfred Edward Housman
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