A Pause Of Thought Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFG HIJH KLMK| I looked for that which is not nor can be | A |
| And hope deferred made my heart sick in truth | B |
| But years must pass before a hope of youth | B |
| Is resigned utterly | A |
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| I watched and waited with a steadfast will | C |
| And though the object seemed to flee away | D |
| That I so longed for ever day by day | D |
| I watched and waited still | C |
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| Sometimes I said This thing shall be no more | E |
| My expectation wearies and shall cease | F |
| I will resign it now and be at peace | F |
| Yet never gave it o'er | G |
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| Sometimes I said It is an empty name | H |
| I long for to a name why should I give | I |
| The peace of all the days I have to live | J |
| Yet gave it all the same | H |
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| Alas thou foolish one alike unfit | K |
| For healthy joy and salutary pain | L |
| Thou knowest the chase useless and again | M |
| Turnest to follow it | K |
Christina Rossetti
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