Beppo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH EIEI JKJK| Why are thou sad my Beppo But last eve | A |
| Here at my feet thy dear head on my breast | B |
| I heard thee say thy heart would no more grieve | A |
| Or feel the olden ennui and unrest | B |
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| What troubles thee Am I not all thine own | C |
| I so long sought so sighed for and so dear | D |
| And do I not live but for thee alone | C |
| Thou hast seen Lippo whom I loved last year | D |
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| Well what of that Last year is naught to me | E |
| Tis swallowed in the ocean of the past | F |
| Art thou not glad twas Lippo and not thee | E |
| Whose brief bright day in that great gulf was cast | F |
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| Thy day is all before thee Let no cloud | G |
| Here in the very morn of our delight | H |
| Drift up from distant foreign skies to shroud | G |
| Our sun of love whose radiance is so bright | H |
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| Thou art not first Nay and he who would be | E |
| Defeats his own heart s dearest purpose then | I |
| No truer truth was ever told to thee | E |
| Who has loved most he best can love again | I |
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| If Lippo and not he alone has taught | J |
| The arts that please thee wherefore art thou sad | K |
| Since all my vast love lore to thee is brought | J |
| Look up and smile my Beppo and be glad | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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