The Growth Of “lorraine” Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCD EFEGGF A HIJHHKKH LMLNNM| I | A |
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| While I stood listening discreetly dumb | B |
| Lorraine was having the last word with me | C |
| I know she said I know it but you see | C |
| Some creatures are born fortunate and some | B |
| Are born to be found out and overcome | B |
| Born to be slaves to let the rest go free | C |
| And if I'm one of them and I must be | C |
| You may as well forget me and go home | D |
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| You tell me not to say these things I know | E |
| But I should never try to be content | F |
| I've gone too far the life would be too slow | E |
| Some could have done it some girls have the stuff | G |
| But I can't do it I don't know enough | G |
| I'm going to the devil And she went | F |
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| II | A |
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| I did not half believe her when she said | H |
| That I should never hear from her again | I |
| Nor when I found a letter from Lorraine | J |
| Was I surprised or grieved at what I read | H |
| Dear friend when you find this I shall be dead | H |
| You are too far away to make me stop | K |
| They say that one drop think of it one drop | K |
| Will be enough but I'll take five instead | H |
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| You do not frown because I call you friend | L |
| For I would have you glad that I still keep | M |
| Your memory and even at the end | L |
| Impenitent sick shattered cannot curse | N |
| The love that flings for better or for worse | N |
| This worn out cast out flesh of mine to sleep | M |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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