Woman's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH AABCCB| No more upon my bosom rest thee | A |
| Too often have my hands caressed thee | A |
| My lips thou knowest well too well | B |
| Lean to my heart no more thine ear | C |
| My spirit's living truth to hear | C |
| It has no more to tell | B |
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| In what dark night in what strange night | D |
| Burnt to the butt the candle's light | D |
| That lit our room so long | E |
| I do not know I thought I knew | F |
| How love could be both sweet and true | F |
| I also thought it strong | E |
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| Where has the flame departed Where | G |
| Amid the empty waste of air | G |
| Is that which dwelt with us | H |
| Was it a fancy Did we make | I |
| Only a show for dead love's sake | I |
| It being so piteous | H |
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| No more against my bosom press thee | A |
| Seek no more that my hands caress thee | A |
| Leave the sad lips thou hast known so well | B |
| If to my heart thou lean thine ear | C |
| There grieving thou shalt only hear | C |
| Vain murmuring of an empty shell | B |
Edward Shanks
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