A Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIJKLMN OCP QRSR FBTBUVPV WXTXCYZY A2VB2VC2D2KD2 E2F2BF2SXRX G2| 'Maiden thou wert thoughtless once | A |
| Of beauty or of grace | B |
| Simple and homely in attire | C |
| Careless of form and face | B |
| Then whence this change and why so oft | D |
| Dost smooth thy hazel hair | E |
| And wherefore deck thy youthful form | F |
| With such unwearied care | E |
| 'Tell us and cease to tire our ears | G |
| With yonder hackneyed strain | H |
| Why wilt thou play those simple tunes | I |
| So often o'er again ' | J |
| 'Nay gentle friends I can but say | K |
| That childhood's thoughts are gone | L |
| Each year its own new feelings brings | M |
| And years move swiftly on | N |
| - | |
| And for these little simple airs | O |
| I love to play them o'er | C |
| So much I dare not promise now | P |
| To play them never more ' | - |
| I answered and it was enough | Q |
| They turned them to depart | R |
| They could not read my secret thoughts | S |
| Nor see my throbbing heart | R |
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| I've noticed many a youthful form | F |
| Upon whose changeful face | B |
| The inmost workings of the soul | T |
| The gazer's eye might trace | B |
| The speaking eye the changing lip | U |
| The ready blushing cheek | V |
| The smiling or beclouded brow | P |
| Their different feelings speak | V |
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| But thank God you might gaze on mine | W |
| For hours and never know | X |
| The secret changes of my soul | T |
| From joy to bitter woe | X |
| Last night as we sat round the fire | C |
| Conversing merrily | Y |
| We heard without approaching steps | Z |
| Of one well known to me | Y |
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| There was no trembling in my voice | A2 |
| No blush upon my cheek | V |
| No lustrous sparkle in my eyes | B2 |
| Of hope or joy to speak | V |
| But O my spirit burned within | C2 |
| My heart beat thick and fast | D2 |
| He came not nigh he went away | K |
| And then my joy was past | D2 |
| - | |
| And yet my comrades marked it not | E2 |
| My voice was still the same | F2 |
| They saw me smile and o'er my face | B |
| No signs of sadness came | F2 |
| They little knew my hidden thoughts | S |
| And they will never know | X |
| The anguish of my drooping heart | R |
| The bitter aching woe | X |
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| Olivia Vernon | G2 |
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