Dost Thou Not Care? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEGAHAH IJIJKIKI| I love and love not Lord it breaks my heart | A |
| To love and not to love | B |
| Thou veiled within Thy glory gone apart | A |
| Into Thy shrine which is above | B |
| Dost Thou not love me Lord or care | C |
| For this mine ill | D |
| I love thee here or there | C |
| I will accept thy broken heart lie still | D |
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| Lord it was well with me in time gone by | E |
| That cometh not again | F |
| When I was fresh and cheerful who but I | E |
| I fresh I cheerful worn with pain | G |
| Now out of sight and out of heart | A |
| O Lord how long | H |
| I watch thee as thou art | A |
| I will accept thy fainting heart be strong | H |
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| Lie still be strong to day but Lord to morrow | I |
| What of to morrow Lord | J |
| Shall there be rest from toil be truce from sorrow | I |
| Be living green upon the sward | J |
| Now but a barren grave to me | K |
| Be joy for sorrow | I |
| Did I not die for thee | K |
| Do I not live for thee leave Me to morrow | I |
Christina Rossetti
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