Mesalliance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A B C C B D D E E E E F F G H H G I I G J J H H C C K| I am troubled to night with a curious pain | A |
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| It is not of the flesh it is not of the brain | A |
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| Nor yet of a heart that is breaking | B |
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| But down still deeper and out of sight | C |
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| In the place where the soul and the body unite | C |
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| There lies the scat of the aching | B |
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| They have been lovers in days gone by | D |
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| But the soul is fickle and longs to fly | D |
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| From the fettering mesalliance | E |
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| And she tears at the bonds which are binding her so | E |
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| And pleads with the body to let her go | E |
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| But he will not yield compliance | E |
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| For the body loves as he loved in the past | F |
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| When he wedded the soul and he holds her fast | F |
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| And swears that he will not loose her | G |
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| That he will keep her and hide her away | H |
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| For ever and ever and for a day | H |
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| From the arms of Death the seducer | G |
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| Ah this is the strife that is wearying me | I |
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| The strife 'twixt a soul that would be free | I |
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| And a body that will not let her | G |
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| And I say to my soul 'Be calm and wait | J |
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| For I tell ye truly that soon or late | J |
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| Ye surely shall drop each fetter ' | - |
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| And I say to the body 'Be kind I pray | H |
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| For the soul is not of thy mortal clay | H |
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| But is formed in spirit fashion ' | - |
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| And still through the hours of the solemn night | C |
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| I can hear my sad soul's plea for flight | C |
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| And my body's reply of passion | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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