I Know I Have Been Happiest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAABBA DEFDGF| I know I have been happiest at your side | A |
| But what is done is done and all's to be | B |
| And small the good to linger dolefully | C |
| Gayly it lived and gallantly it died | A |
| I will not make you songs of hearts denied | A |
| And you being man would have no tears of me | B |
| And should I offer you fidelity | B |
| You'd be I think a little terrified | A |
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| Yet this the need of woman this her curse | D |
| To range her little gifts and give and give | E |
| Because the throb of giving's sweet to bear | F |
| To you who never begged me vows or verse | D |
| My gift shall be my absence while I live | G |
| But after that my dear I cannot swear | F |
Dorothy Parker
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