Worn Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCDC AEFE GHIJ AKLKThy strong arms are around me love | A |
My head is on thy breast | B |
Low words of comfort come from thee | C |
Yet my soul has no rest | B |
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For I am but a startled thing | D |
Nor can I ever be | C |
Aught save a bird whose broken wing | D |
Must fly away from thee | C |
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I cannot give to thee the love | A |
I gave so long ago | E |
The love that turned and struck me down | F |
Amid the blinding snow | E |
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I can but give a failing heart | G |
And weary eyes of pain | H |
A faded mouth that cannot smile | I |
And may not laugh again | J |
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Yet keep thine arms around me love | A |
Until I fall to sleep | K |
Then leave me saying no goodbye | L |
Lest I might wake and weep | K |
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal
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