Pastime Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADCD CEFG| A boat amid the ripples drifting rocking | A |
| Two idle people without pause or aim | B |
| While in the ominous west there gathers darkness | C |
| Flushed with flame | B |
| - | |
| A haycock in a hayfield backing lapping | A |
| Two drowsy people pillowed round about | D |
| While in the ominous west across the darkness | C |
| Flame leaps out | D |
| - | |
| Better a wrecked life than a life so aimless | C |
| Better a wrecked life than a life so soft | E |
| The ominous west glooms thundering with its fire | F |
| Lit aloft | G |
Christina Rossetti
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