The Parting (2) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE GGHHII JKILMMNOPOLQLQ KRLSOOTU VKV WIWIXSF YZA2ZB2B2C2C2IID2E2F 2E2 G2

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The lady of Alzerno's hallB
Is waiting for her lordC
The blackbird's song the cuckoo's callB
No joy to her affordC
She smiles not at the summer's sunD
Nor at the winter's blastE
She mourns that she is still aloneF
Though three long years have passedE
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I knew her when her eye was brightG
I knew her when her step was lightG
And blithesome as a mountain doe'sH
And when her cheek was like the roseH
And when her voice was full and freeI
And when her smile was sweet to seeI
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But now the lustre of her eyeJ
So dimmed with many a tearK
Her footstep's elasticityI
Is tamed with grief and fearL
The rose has left her hollow cheeksM
In low and mournful tone she speaksM
And when she smiles 'tis but a gleamN
Of sunshine on a winter's dayO
That faintly beams through dreary cloudsP
And in a moment dies awayO
It does not warm it does not cheerL
It makes us sigh for summer daysQ
When fields are green and skies are clearL
And when the sun has kinder raysQ
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For three years she has waited thereK
Still hoping for her lord's returnR
But vainly she may hope and fearL
And vainly watch and weep and mournS
She may wait him till her hairs are greyO
And she may wear her life awayO
But to his lady and his homeT
Her noble lord will never comeU
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'I wish I knew the worst ' she saidV
'I wish I could despairK
These fruitless hopes this constant dreadV
Are more than I can bear '-
'Then do not hope and do not weepW
He loved thee faithfullyI
And nothing short of death could keepW
So true a heart from theeI
Eliza he would never goX
And leave thee thus to mournS
He must be dead for death aloneF
Could hinder his return '-
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'Twas thus I spoke because I feltY
As if my heart would breakZ
To see her thus so slowly piningA2
For Alzerno's sakeZ
But more than that I would not tellB2
Though all the while I knew so wellB2
The time and nature of his deathC2
For when he drew his parting breathC2
His head was pillowed on my kneeI
And his dark eyes were turned to meI
With and agonised heart breaking glanceD2
Until they saw me notE2
O the look of a dying manF2
Can never be forgotE2
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Alexandrina ZenobiaG2
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Anne Bronta<<



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