Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCC DBDBBBBBB EFEFFCFCC| O thou most holy Friendship wheresoe'er | A |
| Thy dwelling be for in the courts of man | B |
| But seldom thine all heavenly voice we hear | A |
| Sweet'ning the moments of our narrow span | B |
| And seldom thy bright foot steps do we scan | B |
| Along the weary waste of life unblest | C |
| For faithless is its frail and wayward plan | B |
| And perfidy is man's eternal guest | C |
| With dark suspicion link'd and shameless interest | C |
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| 'Tis thine when life has reach'd its final goal | D |
| Ere the last sigh that frees the mind be giv'n | B |
| To speak sweet solace to the parting soul | D |
| And pave the bitter path that leads to heav'n | B |
| 'Tis thine whene'er the heart is rack'd and riv'n | B |
| By the hot shafts of baleful calumny | B |
| When the dark spirit to despair is driv'n | B |
| To teach its lonely grief to lean on thee | B |
| And pour within thine ear the tale of misery | B |
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| But where art thou thou comet of an age | E |
| Thou phoenix of a century Perchance | F |
| Thou art but of those fables which engage | E |
| And hold the minds of men in giddy trance | F |
| Yet be it so and be it all romance | F |
| The thought of thine existence is so bright | C |
| With beautiful imaginings the glance | F |
| Upon thy fancied being such delight | C |
| That I will deem thee Truth so lovely is thy might | C |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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