Parting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC DEDE FBGB HBIB| Lean down and kiss me O my love my own | A |
| The day is near when thy fond heart will miss me | B |
| And o'er my low green bed with bitter moan | A |
| Thou wilt lean down but cannot clasp or kiss me | B |
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| How strange it is that I so loving thee | B |
| And knowing we must part perchance to morrow | C |
| Do comfort find thinking how great will be | B |
| Thy lonely desolation and thy sorrow | C |
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| And stranger sadder O mine own other part | D |
| That I should grudge thee some surcease of weeping | E |
| Why do I not rejoice that in thy heart | D |
| Sweet love will bloom again when I am sleeping | E |
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| Nay make no promise I would place no bar | F |
| Upon thy future even wouldst thou let me | B |
| Thou hast thou dost well love me like a man | G |
| And like a man in time thou wilt forget me | B |
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| Why should I care so near the Infinite | H |
| Why should I care that thou wilt cease to miss me | B |
| O God these earthly ties are knit so tight | I |
| Quick quick lean lower O my love and kiss me | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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