Elaine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDED AFGF HAIA JKLK| Oh come again to Astolat | A |
| I will not ask you to be kind | A |
| And you may go when you will go | B |
| And I will stay behind | A |
| - | |
| I will not say how dear you are | C |
| Or ask you if you hold me dear | D |
| Or trouble you with things for you | E |
| The way I did last year | D |
| - | |
| So still the orchard Lancelot | A |
| So very still the lake shall be | F |
| You could not guess though you should guess | G |
| What is become of me | F |
| - | |
| So wide shall be the garden walk | H |
| The garden seat so very wide | A |
| You needs must think if you should think | I |
| The lily maid had died | A |
| - | |
| Save that a little way away | J |
| I'd watch you for a little while | K |
| To see you speak the way you speak | L |
| And smile if you should smile | K |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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