To Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDEF GHHI JKKJ LMML NOPN BQQB RSST| Mine is a wayward lay | A |
| And if its echoing rhymes I try to string | B |
| Proveth a truant thing | B |
| Whenso some names I love send it away | A |
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| For then eyes swimming o'er | C |
| And clasped hands and smiles in fondness meant | D |
| Are much more eloquent | E |
| So it had fain begone and speak no more | F |
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| Yet shall it come again | G |
| Ah friend belov'd if so thy wishes be | H |
| And with wild melody | H |
| I will upon thine ear cadence my strain | I |
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| Cadence my simple line | J |
| Unfashion'd by the cunning hand of Art | K |
| But coming from my heart | K |
| To tell the message of its love to thine | J |
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| As ocean shells when taken | L |
| From Ocean's bed will faithfully repeat | M |
| Her ancient music sweet | M |
| Ev'n so these words true to my heart shall waken | L |
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| Oh while our bark is seen | N |
| Our little bark of kindly social love | O |
| Down life's clear stream to move | P |
| Toward the summer shores where all is green | N |
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| So long thy name shall bring | B |
| Echoes of joy unto the grateful gales | Q |
| And thousand tender tales | Q |
| To freshen the fond hearts that round thee cling | B |
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| Hast thou not look'd upon | R |
| The flowerets of the field in lowly dress | S |
| Blame not my simpleness | S |
| Think only of my love my song is gone | T |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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