Lisette And Eileen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG AHAH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OCOA OAOA| When he was here alive Eileen | A |
| There was a word you might have said | B |
| So never mind what I have been | C |
| Or anything for you are dead | B |
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| And after this when I am there | D |
| Where he is you'll be dying still | E |
| Your eyes are dead and your black hair | D |
| The rest of you be what it will | E |
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| 'Twas all to save him Never mind | F |
| Eileen You saved him You are strong | G |
| I'd hardly wonder if your kind | F |
| Paid everything for you live long | G |
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| You last I mean That's what I mean | A |
| I mean you last as long as lies | H |
| You might have said that word Eileen | A |
| And you might have your hair and eyes | H |
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| And what you see might be Lisette | I |
| Instead of this that has no name | J |
| Your silence I can feel it yet | I |
| Alive and in me like a flame | J |
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| Where might I be with him to day | K |
| Could he have known before he heard | L |
| But no your silence had its way | K |
| Without a weapon or a word | L |
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| Because a word was never told | M |
| I'm going as a worn toy goes | N |
| And you are dead and you'll be old | M |
| And I forgive you I suppose | N |
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| I'll soon be changing as all do | O |
| To something we have always been | C |
| And you'll be old He liked you too | O |
| I might have killed you then Eileen | A |
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| I think he liked as much of you | O |
| As had a reason to be seen | A |
| As much as God made black and blue | O |
| He liked your hair and eyes Eileen | A |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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