Before And After Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC D ED A A CDCD FGGF EHEH| Before I lost my love he said to me | A |
| 'Sweetheart I like deep azure tints on you ' | B |
| But I perverse as any girl will be | A |
| Who has too many lovers wore not blue | C |
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| He said 'I love to see my lady's hair | D |
| Coiled low like Clytie's with no wanton curl ' | - |
| But I like any silly wilful girl | E |
| Said 'Donald likes it high ' and wore it there | D |
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| He said 'I wish love when you sing to me | A |
| You would sing sweet sad things they suit your voice ' | - |
| I tossed my head and sung light strains of glee | A |
| Saying 'This song or that is Harold's choice ' | - |
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| But now I wear no colour none but blue | C |
| Low in my neck I coil my silken hair | D |
| He does not know it but I strive to do | C |
| Whatever in his eyes would make me fair | D |
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| I sing no songs but those he loved the best | F |
| Ah well no wonder for the mournful strain | G |
| Is but the echo of the voice of pain | G |
| That sings so mournfully within my breast | F |
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| I would not wear a ribbon or a curl | E |
| For Donald if he died from my neglect | H |
| Oh me how many a vain and wilful girl | E |
| Learns true love's worth but when her life is wrecked | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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