A Dramatic Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCD C EFGHHIAJKLEMNOHPQRPS TTUVWAXYRZA2TB2EC2D2 E2RF2'Fie upon't | A |
All men are false I think The date of love | B |
Is out expired its stories all grown stale | C |
O'erpast forgotten like an antique tale | C |
Of Hero and Leander ' | D |
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John Woodvil | C |
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All are not false I knew a youth who died | E |
For grief because his Love proved so | F |
And married with another | G |
I saw him on the wedding day | H |
For he was present in the church that day | H |
In festive bravery decked | I |
As one that came to grace the ceremony | A |
I marked him when the ring was given | J |
His Countenance never changed | K |
And when the priest pronounced the marriage blessing | L |
He put a silent prayer up for the bride | E |
For so his moving lip interpreted | M |
He came invited to the marriage feast | N |
With the bride's friends | O |
And was the merriest of them all that day | H |
But they who knew him best called it feigned mirth | P |
And others said | Q |
He wore a smile like death upon his face | R |
His presence dashed all the beholders' mirth | P |
And he went away in tears | S |
What followed then | T |
O then | T |
He did not as neglected suitors use | U |
Affect a life of solitude in shades | V |
But lived | W |
In free discourse and sweet society | A |
Among his friends who knew his gentle nature best | X |
Yet ever when he smiled | Y |
There was a mystery legible in his face | R |
But whoso saw him said he was a man | Z |
Not long for this world | A2 |
And true it was for even then | T |
The silent love was feeding at his heart | B2 |
Of which he died | E |
Nor ever spoke word of reproach | C2 |
Only he wished in death that his remains | D2 |
Might find a poor grave in some spot not far | E2 |
From his mistress' family vault being the place | R |
Where one day Anna should herself be laid | F2 |
Charles Lamb
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