Desolation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG BIIB| I think that the bitterest sorrow or pain | A |
| Of love unrequited or cold death s woe | B |
| Is sweet compared to that hour when we know | B |
| That some grand passion is on the wane | A |
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| When we see that the glory and glow and grace | C |
| Which lent a splendour to night and day | D |
| Are surely fading and showing grey | D |
| And dull groundwork of the commonplace | C |
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| When fond expressions on dull ears fall | E |
| When the hands clasp calmly without one thrill | F |
| When we cannot muster by force of will | F |
| The old emotions that came at call | E |
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| When the dream has vanished we fain would keep | G |
| When the heart like a watch runs out of gear | H |
| And all the savour goes out of the year | H |
| Oh then is the time if we could to weep | G |
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| But no tears soften this dull pale woe | B |
| We must sit and face it with dry sad eyes | I |
| If we seek to hold it the swifter joy flies | I |
| We can only be passive and let it go | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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