A Man's Good-bye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA AAHH DDII JJGG| Do you think dear as you say | A |
| Such a light good bye to day | A |
| That this parting time may be | B |
| Mayhaps less to you than me | B |
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| What a wonder of surprise | C |
| Looks out from your sunny eyes | C |
| 'Just a nice acquaintance ' So | D |
| We have called it dear I know | D |
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| Now you end it with a word | E |
| While my inmost soul is stirred | E |
| No you cannot understand | F |
| But dear as I touch your hand | F |
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| Listening to your light good bye | G |
| All a man's roused passions cry | G |
| Like a tiger stirred at bay | A |
| Oh you draw your hand away | A |
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| 'I've no right to speak so ' Pray | A |
| Was it your right day by day | A |
| By your sweet coquettish arts | H |
| To invade my heart of hearts | H |
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| It is death to let you go | D |
| You will hate me dear I know | D |
| But I swear ere you go hence | I |
| I will have some recompense | I |
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| For those fires you lit in vain | J |
| Cheeks and lips shall bear the stain | J |
| Of my kisses till you die | G |
| Go now this is my good bye | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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