The Betrayal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB AACC DDEF GGHI| When you were weary roaming the wide world over | A |
| I gave my fickle heart to a new lover | A |
| Now they tell me that you are lying dead | B |
| O mountains fall on me and hide my head | B |
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| When you lay burning in the throes of fever | A |
| He vowed me love by the willow margined river | A |
| Death smote you there here was your trust betrayed | C |
| O darkness cover me I am afraid | C |
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| Yea in the hour of your supremest trial | D |
| I laughed with him The shadows on the dial | D |
| Stayed not aghast at my dread ignorance | E |
| Nor man nor angel looked at me askance | F |
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| Under the mountains there is peace abiding | G |
| Darkness shall be pavilion for my hiding | G |
| Tears shall blot out the sin of broken faith | H |
| The lips that falsely kissed shall kiss but Death | I |
Alice Furlong
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