Convalescent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIK| How shall I wail that wasn't meant for weeping | A |
| Love has run and left me oh what then | B |
| Dream then I must who never can be sleeping | A |
| What if I should meet Love once again | B |
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| What if I met him walking on the highway | C |
| Let him see how lightly I should care | D |
| He'd travel his way I would follow my way | C |
| Hum a little song and pass him there | D |
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| What if at night beneath a sky of ashes | E |
| He should seek my doorstep pale with need | F |
| There could he lie and dry would be my lashes | G |
| Let him stop his noise and let me read | H |
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| Oh but I'm gay that's better off without him | I |
| Would he'd come and see me laughing here | J |
| Lord Don't I know I'd have my arms about him | I |
| Crying to him Oh come in my dear | K |
Dorothy Parker
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