Cheating Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ| Kiss me sweetheart One by one | A |
| Swift and sure the moments run | A |
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| Soon too soon for you and me | B |
| Gone for aye the day will be | B |
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| Do not let time cheat us then | C |
| Kiss me often and again | C |
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| Every time a moment slips | D |
| Let us count it on our lips | D |
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| While we're kissing strife and pain | E |
| Cannot come between us twain | E |
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| If we pause too long a space | F |
| Who can tell what may take place | F |
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| You may pout and I may scold | G |
| Souls be sundered hearts grow cold | G |
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| Death may come and love take wings | H |
| Oh a thousand cruel things | H |
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| May creep in to spoil the day | I |
| If we throw the time away | I |
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| Let us time the cheater cheat | J |
| Kiss me darling kiss me sweet | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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