The Poet's Song To His Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI JKJKLMLM| HOW many summers love | A |
| Have I been thine | B |
| How many days thou dove | A |
| Hast thou been mine | B |
| Time like the winged wind | C |
| When t bends the flowers | D |
| Hath left no mark behind | C |
| To count the hours | D |
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| Some weight of thought though loth | E |
| On thee he leaves | F |
| Some lines of care round both | G |
| Perhaps he weaves | F |
| Some fears a soft regret | H |
| For joys scarce known | I |
| Sweet looks we half forget | H |
| All else is flown | I |
| - | |
| Ah With what thankless heart | J |
| I mourn and sing | K |
| Look where our children start | J |
| Like sudden Spring | K |
| With tongues all sweet and low | L |
| Like a pleasant rhyme | M |
| They tell how much I owe | L |
| To thee and Time | M |
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