A Waltz-quadrille Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED AFAGBBHCCD ABABCCDBBD ABABBBDIID| The band was playing a waltz quadrille | A |
| I felt as light as a wind blown feather | B |
| As we floated away at the caller s will | A |
| Through the intricate mazy dance together | B |
| Like mimic armies our lines were meeting | C |
| Slowly advancing and then retreating | C |
| All decked in their bright array | D |
| And back and forth to the music s rhyme | E |
| We moved together and all the time | E |
| I knew you were going away | D |
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| The fold of your strong arm sent a thrill | A |
| From heart to brain as we gently glided | F |
| Like leaves on the wave of that waltz quadrille | A |
| Parted met and again divided | G |
| You drifting one way and I another | B |
| Then suddenly turning and facing each other | B |
| Then off in the blithe chasse | H |
| Then airily back to our places swaying | C |
| While every beat of the music seemed saying | C |
| That you were going away | D |
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| I said to my heart Let us take our fill | A |
| Of mirth and music and love and laughter | B |
| For it all must end with this waltz quadrille | A |
| And life will never be the same life after | B |
| Oh that the caller might go on calling | C |
| Oh that the music might go on falling | C |
| Like a shower of silver spray | D |
| While we whirled on to the vast Forever | B |
| Where no hearts break and no ties sever | B |
| And no one goes away | D |
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| A clamour a crash and the band was still | A |
| Twas the end of the dream and the end of the measure | B |
| The last low notes of that waltz quadrille | A |
| Seemed like a dirge o er the death of Pleasure | B |
| You said good night and the spell was over | B |
| Too warm for a friend and too cold for a lover | B |
| There was nothing else to say | D |
| But the lights looked dim and the dancers weary | I |
| And the music was sad and the hall was dreary | I |
| After you went away | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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