Guilo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHEDED HIHIHJBEBYes yes I love thee Guilo thee alone | A |
Why dost thou sigh and wear that face of sorrow | B |
The sunshine is to day's although it shone | A |
On yesterday and may shine on to morrow | B |
I love but thee my Guilo be content | C |
The greediest heart can claim but present pleasure | D |
The future is thy God's The past is spent | C |
To day is thine clasp close the precious treasure | D |
See how I love thee Guilo Lips and eyes | E |
Could never under thy fond gaze dissemble | F |
I could not feign these passion laden sighs | E |
Deceiving thee my pulses would not tremble | F |
'So I loved Romney ' Hush thou foolish one | G |
I should forget him wholly wouldst thou let me | H |
Or but remember that his day was done | G |
From that supremest hour when first I met thee | H |
'And Paul ' Well what of Paul Paul had blue eyes | E |
And Romney gray and thine are darkly tender | D |
One finds fresh feelings under change of skies | E |
A new horizon brings a newer splendor | D |
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As I love thee | H |
I never loved before | I |
Believe me Guilo for I speak most truly | H |
What though to Romney and to Paul I swore | I |
The self same words my heart now worships newly | H |
We never feel the same emotion twice | J |
No two ships ever ploughed the self same billow | B |
The waters change with every fall and rise | E |
So Guilo go contented to thy pillow | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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