Lost Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB ACACAC DBDBDB AEAEAE| Who wins his Love shall lose her | A |
| Who loses her shall gain | B |
| For still the spirit woos her | A |
| A soul without a stain | B |
| And Memory still pursues her | A |
| With longings not in vain | B |
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| He loses her who gains her | A |
| Who watches day by day | C |
| The dust of time that stains her | A |
| The griefs that leave her grey | C |
| The flesh that yet enchains her | A |
| Whose grace hath passed away | C |
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| Oh happier he who gains not | D |
| The Love some seem to gain | B |
| The joy that custom stains not | D |
| Shall still with him remain | B |
| The loveliness that wanes not | D |
| The Love that ne'er can wane | B |
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| In dreams she grows not older | A |
| The lands of Dream among | E |
| Though all the world wax colder | A |
| Though all the songs be sung | E |
| In dreams doth he behold her | A |
| Still fair and kind and young | E |
Andrew Lang
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