At Bay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBB C CCC A DDD C CCC A EEE C FFF A GGG C HHH| WIFE | A |
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| Reach out your arms and hold me close and fast | B |
| Tell me there are no memories of your past | B |
| That mar this love of ours so great so vast | B |
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| HUSBAND | C |
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| Some truths are cheapened when too oft averred | C |
| Does not the deed speak louder than the word | C |
| Dear God that old dream woke again and stirred | C |
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| WIFE | A |
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| As you love me you never loved before | D |
| Though oft you say it say it yet once more | D |
| My heart is jealous of those days of yore | D |
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| HUSBAND | C |
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| Sweet wife dear comrade mother of my child | C |
| My life is yours by memory undefiled | C |
| It stirs again that passion brief and wild | C |
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| WIFE | A |
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| You never knew a happier hour than this | E |
| We two alone our hearts surcharged with bliss | E |
| Nor other kisses sweet as my own kiss | E |
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| HUSBAND | C |
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| I was a thirsty field long parched with drouth | F |
| You were the warm rain blowing from the south | F |
| But ah the crimson madness of HER mouth | F |
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| WIFE | A |
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| You would not if you could go down life's track | G |
| For just one little moment and bring back | G |
| Some vanished rapture that you miss or lack | G |
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| HUSBAND | C |
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| I am content You are my life my all | H |
| One burning hour but one could I recall | H |
| God how men lie when driven to the wall | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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