Worn Out Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DCDC AEFE GHIJ AKLK| Thy 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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