Croquet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHFH IJGJ KALA MNAN| In a garden where the may made the straggling fences gay | A |
| And the roses cream and scarlet shed their petals on the breeze | B |
| Your maiden aunts and I and you demure and shy | C |
| Played a sober game of croquet underneath the spreading trees | B |
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| Just beyond the garden wall we could hear the merry call | D |
| Of the tennis players yonder flitting gaily in the sun | E |
| But we recked not of their glee for all too content were we | F |
| And we weren t flushed and heated when our quiet game was done | E |
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| What a picture sweet you made As you rested in the shade | G |
| Listening to my eager chatter with a glance of grave surprise | H |
| Was it nectar love or tea that your white hands poured for me | F |
| In the dainty Wedgewood tea cups that were bluer than your eyes | H |
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| Love I know not this I know that we parted years ago | I |
| That our paths lie far asunder in the giddy whirl of life | J |
| And the tender vows we made underneath the spreading shade | G |
| Are a memory half forgotten mid the city s toil and strife | J |
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| But when wearied by its din by its ceaseless strife and sin | K |
| My thoughts will wander backwards at the close of some long day | A |
| Once again I see you stand with your mallet in your hand | L |
| Twixt a nodding scarlet rose bush and a hedge of snowy may | A |
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| And the scent of mignonette comes to haunt and thrill me yet | M |
| While your blue eyes light the distance with a half reproachful smile | N |
| Love it is the world sad way just to worship for a day | A |
| And I doubt if you remember after all this weary while | N |
Alice Guerin Crist
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