Four Sonnets: 04 (i Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| I shall forget you presently my dear | A |
| So make the most of this your little day | B |
| Your little month your little half a year | A |
| Ere I forget or die or move away | B |
| And we are done forever by and by | C |
| I shall forget you as I said but now | D |
| If you entreat me with your loveliest lie | C |
| I will protest you with my favorite vow | D |
| I would indeed that love were longer lived | E |
| And vows were not so brittle as they are | F |
| But so it is and nature has contrived | E |
| To struggle on without a break thus far | F |
| Whether or not we find what we are seeking | G |
| Is idle biologically speaking | G |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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