Remembrance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HAHA IJIJ HKHK LMLN| Cold in the earth and the deep snow piled above thee | A |
| Far far removed cold in the dreary grave | B |
| Have I forgot my only Love to love thee | A |
| Severed at last by Time's all severing wave | B |
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| Now when alone do my thoughts no longer hover | C |
| Over the mountains on that northern shore | D |
| Resting their wings where heath and fern leaves cover | C |
| That noble heart for ever ever more | D |
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| Cold in the earth and fifteen wild Decembers | E |
| From those brown hills have melted into spring | F |
| Faithful indeed is the spirit that remembers | E |
| After such years of change and suffering | F |
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| Sweet Love of youth forgive if I forget thee | A |
| While the world's tide is bearing me along | G |
| Sterner desires and other hopes beset me | A |
| Hopes which obscure but cannot do thee wrong | G |
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| No later light has lightened up my heaven | H |
| No second morn has ever shone for me | A |
| All my life's bliss from thy dear life was given | H |
| All my life's bliss is in the grave with thee | A |
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| But when the days of golden dreams had perished | I |
| And even Despair was powerless to destroy | J |
| Then did I learn how existence could be cherished | I |
| Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy | J |
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| Then did I check the tears of useless passion | H |
| Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine | K |
| Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten | H |
| Down to that tomb already more than mine | K |
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| And even yet I dare not let it languish | L |
| Dare not indulge in Memory's rapturous pain | M |
| Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish | L |
| How could I seek the empty world again | N |
Emily Bronte
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