Self-congratulation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIJKLMN OCD PQRQ FBSBTUDU VWSWCXYX ZUA2UB2C2KC2 D2E2BE2RWQW F2| Ellen you were 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 wherefore now | D |
| So often smooth your hair | E |
| And wherefore deck your youthful form | F |
| With such unwearied care | E |
| Tell us and cease to tire our ears | G |
| With that familiar strain | H |
| Why will you play those simple tunes | I |
| So often o'er again | J |
| 'Indeed dear 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 | D |
| To play them never more ' | - |
| I answered and it was enough | P |
| They turned them to depart | Q |
| They could not read my secret thoughts | R |
| Nor see my throbbing heart | Q |
| - | |
| I've noticed many a youthful form | F |
| Upon whose changeful face | B |
| The inmost workings of the soul | S |
| The gazer well might trace | B |
| The speaking eye the changing lip | T |
| The ready blushing cheek | U |
| The smiling or beclouded brow | D |
| Their different feelings speak | U |
| - | |
| But thank God you might gaze on mine | V |
| For hours and never know | W |
| The secret changes of my soul | S |
| From joy to keenest woe | W |
| Last night as we sat round the fire | C |
| Conversing merrily | X |
| We heard without approaching steps | Y |
| Of one well known to me | X |
| - | |
| There was no trembling in my voice | Z |
| No blush upon my cheek | U |
| No lustrous sparkle in my eyes | A2 |
| Of hope or joy to speak | U |
| But oh my spirit burned within | B2 |
| My heart beat full and fast | C2 |
| He came not nigh he went away | K |
| And then my joy was past | C2 |
| - | |
| And yet my comrades marked it not | D2 |
| My voice was still the same | E2 |
| They saw me smile and o'er my face | B |
| No signs of sadness came | E2 |
| They little knew my hidden thoughts | R |
| And they will never know | W |
| The aching anguish of my heart | Q |
| The bitter burning woe | W |
| - | |
| Acton | F2 |
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