Maud: A Monodrama (part Ii, Excerpt) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I F H J J B J K J L M J M N M O F O P O P F O Q R S R Q Q P S Q P Q P S T U V V U T J U T J U T E W C W C W X Y Z X Y Z A2 B2 C2 D2 B2 E2 B2 J X F2 X G2 X H2 I2 Q J2 H2 H2 H2 H2 K2 K2 J K2 K2 J L2 L2 L2 J

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O that 'twere possibleB
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After long grief and painC
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To find the arms of my true loveD
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Round me once againE
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When I was wont to meet herF
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In the silent woody placesG
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By the home that gave me birthH
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We stood tranced in long embracesI
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Mixt with kisses sweeter sweeterF
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Than anything on earthH
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A shadow flits before meJ
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Not thou but like to theeJ
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Ah Christ that it were possibleB
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For one short hour to seeJ
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The souls we loved that they might tell usK
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What and where they beJ
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It leads me forth at eveningL
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It lightly winds and stealsM
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In a cold white robe before meJ
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When all my spirit reelsM
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At the shouts the leagues of lightsN
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And the roaring of the wheelsM
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Half the night I waste in sighsO
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Half in dreams I sorrow afterF
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The delight of early skiesO
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In a wakeful doze I sorrowP
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For the hand the lips the eyesO
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For the meeting of the morrowP
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The delight of happy laughterF
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The delight of low repliesO
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'Tis a morning pure and sweetQ
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And a dewy splendour fallsR
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On the little flower that clingsS
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To the turrets and the wallsR
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'Tis a morning pure and sweetQ
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And the light and shadow fleetQ
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She is walking in the meadowP
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And the woodland echo ringsS
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In a moment we shall meetQ
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She is singing in the meadowP
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And the rivulet at her feetQ
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Ripples on in light and shadowP
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To the ballad that she singsS
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So I hear her sing as of oldT
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My bird with the shining headU
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My own dove with the tender eyeV
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But there rings on a sudden a passionate cryV
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There is some one dying or deadU
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And a sullen thunder is roll'dT
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For a tumult shakes the cityJ
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And I wake my dream is fledU
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In the shuddering dawn beholdT
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Without knowledge without pityJ
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By the curtains of my bedU
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That abiding phantom coldT
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Get thee hence nor come againE
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Mix not memory with doubtW
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Pass thou deathlike type of painC
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Pass and cease to move aboutW
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'Tis the blot upon the brainC
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That will show itself withoutW
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Then I rise the eave drops fallX
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And the yellow vapours chokeY
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The great city sounding wideZ
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The day comes a dull red ballX
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Wrapt in drifts of lurid smokeY
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On the misty river tideZ
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Thro' the hubbub of the marketA2
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I steal a wasted frameB2
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It crosses here it crosses thereC2
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Thro' all that crowd confused and loudD2
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The shadow still the sameB2
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And on my heavy eyelidsE2
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My anguish hangs like shameB2
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Alas for her that met meJ
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That heard me softly callX
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Came glimmering thro' the laurelsF2
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At the quiet evenfallX
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In the garden by the turretsG2
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Of the old manorial hallX
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Would the happy spirit descendH2
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From the realms of light and songI2
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In the chamber or the streetQ
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As she looks among the blestJ2
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Should I fear to greet my friendH2
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Or to say quot Forgive the wrong quotH2
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Or to ask her quot Take me sweetH2
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To the regions of thy rest quotH2
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But the broad light glares and beatsK2
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And the shadow flits and fleetsK2
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And will not let me beJ
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And I loathe the squares and streetsK2
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And the faces that one meetsK2
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Hearts with no love for meJ
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Always I long to creepL2
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Into some still cavern deepL2
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There to weep and weep and weepL2
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My whole soul out to theeJ

Alfred Lord Tennyson



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