Un Rencontre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGH IJIJKK LMLMNO PQPQRR| Now ought we to laugh or to weep | A |
| Was it comical or was it grave | B |
| When we who had waded breast deep | A |
| In passion's most turbulent wave | B |
| Met out on an isle in Time's ocean | C |
| With never one thrill of emotion | C |
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| We had parted in sorrow and tears | D |
| Our letters were frequent and wet | E |
| We wrote about pitiless years | F |
| And we swore we could never forget | E |
| An angel you called me alway | G |
| And I thought you a god gone astray | H |
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| We met in an everyday style | I |
| Unmoved by a tremor or start | J |
| Shook hands smiled a commonplace smile | I |
| With a happy new love in each heart | J |
| And I thought you the homeliest man | K |
| As you awkwardly picked up my fan | K |
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| And I know or I haven't a doubt | L |
| Though you did not say so to my face | M |
| That you thought I was growing too stout | L |
| I once your ideal of grace | M |
| And ere the encounter was o'er | N |
| Each voted the other a bore | O |
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| What a proof that fond passion can die | P |
| In this prosaic meeting we had | Q |
| Now ought we to laugh or to cry | P |
| Was it sorrowful or was it sad | Q |
| 'Tis a puzzle not worthy our time | R |
| So let's give it up with this rhyme | R |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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