Why Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDCD EFEFCDCD GHGHCDCD| Why do eyes that were tender | A |
| Averted turn away | B |
| Why has our dear love's splendour | A |
| All faded into gray | A |
| Why is it that lips glow not | C |
| That late were all aglow | D |
| I know not dear I know not | C |
| I only know 'tis so | D |
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| Why do you no more tremble | E |
| Now when I kiss your cheek | F |
| Why do we both dissemble | E |
| The thoughts we used to speak | F |
| Why is it that words flow not | C |
| That used to fondly flow | D |
| I know not dear I know not | C |
| I only know 'tis so | D |
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| Have we outlived the passion | G |
| That late lit earth and sky | H |
| And is this but the fashion | G |
| A fond love takes to die | H |
| Is it that we shall know not | C |
| Again love's rapture glow | D |
| I trust not sweet I trust not | C |
| And yet it may be so | D |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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