Forlorn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFE AGHBHF AFEIEFE JKLMLFE JNFOFFE JPEFEFE JFEQEFE JRSTSFE RUFVFFE RWEXEFE RYSZSFE RPEFEFE RFSFSFE JWRRRA2E| I | A |
| 'He is fled I wish him dead | B |
| He that wrought my ruin | C |
| O the flattery and the craft | D |
| Which were my undoing | E |
| In the night in the night | F |
| When the storms are blowing | E |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Who was witness of the crime | G |
| Who shall now reveal it | H |
| He is fled or he is dead | B |
| Marriage will conceal it | H |
| In the night in the night | F |
| While the gloom is growing ' | - |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Catherine Catherine in the night | F |
| What is this you're dreaming | E |
| There is laughter down in Hell | I |
| At your simple scheming | E |
| In the night in the night | F |
| When the ghosts are fleeting | E |
| - | |
| IV | J |
| You to place a hand in his | K |
| Like an honest woman's | L |
| You that lie with wasted lungs | M |
| Waiting for your summons | L |
| In the night O the night | F |
| O the deathwatch beating | E |
| - | |
| V | J |
| There will come a witness soon | N |
| Hard to be confuted | F |
| All the world will hear a voice | O |
| Scream you are polluted | F |
| In the night O the night | F |
| When the owls are wailing | E |
| - | |
| VI | J |
| Shame and marriage Shame and marriage | P |
| Fright and foul dissembling | E |
| Bantering bridesman reddening priest | F |
| Tower and altar trembling | E |
| In the night O the night | F |
| When the mind is failing | E |
| - | |
| VII | J |
| Mother dare you kill your child | F |
| How your hand is shaking | E |
| Daughter of the seed of Cain | Q |
| What is this you're taking | E |
| In the night O the night | F |
| While the house is sleeping | E |
| - | |
| VIII | J |
| Dreadful has it come to this | R |
| O unhappy creature | S |
| You that would not tread on a worm | T |
| For your gentle nature | S |
| In the night O the night | F |
| O the night of weeping | E |
| - | |
| IX | R |
| Murder would not veil your sin | U |
| Marriage will not hide it | F |
| Earth and Hell will brand your name | V |
| Wretch you must abide it | F |
| In the night O the night | F |
| Long before the dawning | E |
| - | |
| X | R |
| Up get up and tell him all | W |
| Tell him you were lying | E |
| Do not die with a lie in your mouth | X |
| You that know you're dying | E |
| In the night O the night | F |
| While the grave is yawning | E |
| - | |
| XI | R |
| No you will not die before | Y |
| Tho' you'll ne'er be stronger | S |
| You will live till that is born | Z |
| Then a little longer | S |
| In the night O the night | F |
| While the Fiend is prowling | E |
| - | |
| XII | R |
| Death and marriage Death and marriage | P |
| Funeral hearses rolling | E |
| Black with bridal favours mixt | F |
| Bridal bells with tolling | E |
| In the night O the night | F |
| When the wolves are howling | E |
| - | |
| XIII | R |
| Up get up the time is short | F |
| Tell him now or never | S |
| Tell him all before you die | F |
| Lest you die for ever | S |
| In the night O the night | F |
| Where there's no forgetting | E |
| - | |
| XIV | J |
| Up she got and wrote him all | W |
| All her tale of sadness | R |
| Blister'd every word with tears | R |
| And eased her heart of madness | R |
| In the night and nigh the dawn | A2 |
| And while the moon was setting | E |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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