A Leaf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKBKB LMLMNKNK| Somebody said in the crowd last eve | A |
| That you were married or soon to be | B |
| I have not thought of you I believe | A |
| Since last we parted Let me see | B |
| Five long Summers have passed since then | C |
| Each has been pleasant in its own way | D |
| And you are but one of a dozen men | C |
| Who have played the suitor a Summer day | D |
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| But nevertheless when I heard your name | E |
| Coupled with some one's not my own | F |
| There burned in my bosom a sudden flame | E |
| That carried me back to the day that is flown | F |
| I was sitting again by the laughing brook | G |
| With you at my feet and the sky above | H |
| And my heart was fluttering under your look | G |
| The unmistakable look of Love | H |
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| Again your breath like a South wind fanned | I |
| My cheek where the blushes came and went | J |
| And the tender clasp of your strong warm hand | I |
| Sudden thrills through my pulses sent | J |
| Again you were mine by Love's own right | K |
| Mine for ever by Love's decree | B |
| So for a moment it seemed last night | K |
| When somebody mentioned your name to me | B |
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| Just for the moment I thought you mine | L |
| Loving me wooing me as of old | M |
| The tale remembered seemed half divine | L |
| Though I held it lightly enough when told | M |
| The past seemed fairer than when it was near | N |
| As blessings brighten when taking flight | K |
| And just for the moment I held you dear | N |
| When somebody mentioned your name last night | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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