The Confidant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HIHIJJ KLKLMN| Anna was always full of thought | A |
| As if she'd many sorrows known | B |
| Yet mostly her full heart was fraught | A |
| With troubles that were not her own | B |
| For the whole school to Anna used to tell | C |
| Whatever small misfortunes unto them befell | C |
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| And being so by all beloved | D |
| That all into her bosom poured | E |
| Their dearest secrets she was moved | F |
| To pity all her heart a hoard | E |
| Or storehouse by this means became for all | G |
| The sorrows can to girls of tender age befall | G |
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| Though individually not much | H |
| Distress throughout the school prevailed | I |
| Yet as she shared it all 'twas such | H |
| A weight of woe that her assailed | I |
| She lost her colour loathed her food and grew | J |
| So dull that all their confidence from her withdrew | J |
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| Releas d from her daily care | K |
| No longer listening to complaint | L |
| She seems to breathe a different air | K |
| And health once more her cheek does paint | L |
| Still Anna loves her friends but will not hear | M |
| Again their list of grievances which cost so dear | N |
Charles Lamb
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