The True Lover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG DHDH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPQP ABABThe 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 |
Alfred Edward Housman
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