The New Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FGCG HICI CBCB JBCB| I thought my heart was death chilled | A |
| I thought its fires were cold | B |
| But the new love the new love | C |
| It warmeth like the old | B |
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| I thought its rooms were shadowed | D |
| With the gloom of endless night | E |
| But the new love the new love | C |
| It fills them full of light | E |
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| I thought the chambers empty | F |
| And proclaimed it unto men | G |
| But the new love the new love | C |
| It peoples them again | G |
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| I thought its halls were silent | H |
| And hushed the whole day long | I |
| But the new love the new love | C |
| It fills them full of song | I |
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| Then here is to the new love | C |
| Let who will sing the old | B |
| The new love the new love | C |
| 'Tis more than fame or gold | B |
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| For it gives us joy for sorrow | J |
| And it gives us warmth for cold | B |
| Oh the new love the new love | C |
| 'Tis better than the old | B |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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