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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