To Mary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFHIJIJ KLKMNOPO KBKBQEQE| If I had thought thou couldst have died | A |
| I might not weep for thee | B |
| But I forgot when by thy side | A |
| That thou couldst mortal be | B |
| It never through my mind had past | C |
| The time would e'er be o'er | D |
| And I on thee should look my last | C |
| And thou shouldst smile no more | E |
| - | |
| And still upon that face I look | F |
| And think 'twill smile again | G |
| And still the thought I will not brook | F |
| That I must look in vain | H |
| But when I speak thou dost not say | I |
| What thou ne'er left'st unsaid | J |
| And now I feel as well I may | I |
| Sweet Mary thou art dead | J |
| - | |
| If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art | K |
| All cold and all serene | L |
| I still might press thy silent heart | K |
| And where thy smiles have been | M |
| While e'en thy chill bleak corse I have | N |
| Thou seemest still mine own | O |
| But there I lay thee in thy grave | P |
| And I am now alone | O |
| - | |
| I do not think where'er thou art | K |
| Thou hast forgotten me | B |
| And I perhaps may soothe this heart | K |
| In thinking too of thee | B |
| Yet there was round thee such a dawn | Q |
| Of light ne'er seen before | E |
| As fancy never could have drawn | Q |
| And never can restore | E |
Charles Wolfe
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