Regret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI AJAJ KLKL MNMN LOLP| SOFTLY Death touched her and she passed away | A |
| Out of this glad bright world she made more fair | B |
| Sweet as the apple blossoms when in May | A |
| The orchards flush of summer grown aware | B |
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| All that fresh delicate beauty gone from sight | C |
| That gentle gracious presence felt no more | D |
| How must the house be emptied of delight | C |
| What shadows on the threshold she passed o er | E |
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| She loved me Surely I was grateful yet | F |
| I could not give her back all she gave me | G |
| Ever I think of it with vain regret | F |
| Musing upon a summer by the sea | G |
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| Remembering troops of merry girls who pressed | H |
| About me clinging arms and tender eyes | I |
| And love like scent of roses With the rest | H |
| She came to fill my heart with new surprise | I |
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| The day I left them all and sailed away | A |
| While o er the calm sea neath the soft gray sky | J |
| They waved farewell she followed me to say | A |
| Yet once again her wistful sweet good by | J |
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| At the boat s bow she drooped her light green dress | K |
| Swept o er the skiff in many a graceful fold | L |
| Her glowing face bright with a mute caress | K |
| Crowned with her lovely hair of shadowy gold | L |
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| And tears she dropped into the crystal brine | M |
| For me unworthy as we slowly swung | N |
| Free of the mooring Her last look was mine | M |
| Seeking me still the motley crowd among | N |
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| O tender memory of the dead I hold | L |
| So precious through the fret and change of years | O |
| Were I to live till Time itself grew old | L |
| The sad sea would be sadder for those tears | P |
Celia Thaxter
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