Gretna Green Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFHIHI BEBGHJHJ CKCKHLHL MNMNHOHO| Last night when I kissed you | A |
| My soul caught alight | B |
| And oh how I missed you | A |
| The rest of the night | B |
| Till Love in derision | C |
| Smote sleep with his wings | D |
| And gave me in vision | C |
| Impossible things | D |
| - | |
| A night that was clouded | E |
| Long windows asleep | F |
| Dark avenues crowded | G |
| With secrets to keep | F |
| A terrace a lover | H |
| A foot on the stair | I |
| The waiting was over | H |
| The lady was there | I |
| - | |
| What a flight what a night | B |
| The hoofs splashed and pounded | E |
| Dark fainted in light | B |
| And the first bird notes sounded | G |
| You slept on my shoulder | H |
| Shy night hid your face | J |
| But dawn bolder colder | H |
| Beheld our embrace | J |
| - | |
| Your lips of vermilion | C |
| Your ravishing shape | K |
| The flogging postillion | C |
| The village agape | K |
| The rattle and thunder | H |
| Of postchaise a speed | L |
| My woman my wonder | H |
| My ultimate need | L |
| - | |
| We two matched for mating | M |
| Came handclasped at last | N |
| Where the blacksmith was waiting | M |
| To fetter us fast | N |
| At the touch of the fetter | H |
| The dream snapped and fell | O |
| And I woke to your letter | H |
| That bade me farewell | O |
E. (edith) Nesbit
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