The Two Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC AEFE GHIH JKLK EMNM NONP LQRQ STLU VWNW A XYZY NA2NA2 LB2LC2 C2KC2K NLNL VD2VX C E2| Part I | A |
| Heavy hangs the raindrop | B |
| From the burdened spray | C |
| Heavy broods the damp mist | D |
| On Uplands far away | C |
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| Heavy looms the dull sky | A |
| Heavy rolls the sea | E |
| And heavy beats the young heart | F |
| Beneath that lonely Tree | E |
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| Never has a blue streak | G |
| Cleft the clouds since morn | H |
| Never has his grim Fate | I |
| Smiled since he was born | H |
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| Frowning on the infant | J |
| Shadowing childhood's joy | K |
| Guardian angel knows not | L |
| That melancholy boy | K |
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| Day is passing swiftly | E |
| Its sad and sombre prime | M |
| Youth is fast invading | N |
| Sterner manhood's time | M |
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| All the flowers are praying | N |
| For sun before they close | O |
| And he prays too unknowing | N |
| That sunless human rose | P |
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| Blossoms that the westwind | L |
| Has never wooed to blow | Q |
| Scentless are your petals | R |
| Your dew as cold as snow | Q |
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| Soul where kindred kindness | S |
| No early promise woke | T |
| Barren is your beauty | L |
| As weed upon the rock | U |
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| Wither Brothers wither | V |
| You were vainly given | W |
| Earth reserves no blessing | N |
| For the unblessed of Heaven | W |
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| Part II | A |
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| Child of Delight with sunbright hair | X |
| And seablue sea deep eyes | Y |
| Spirit of Bliss what brings thee here | Z |
| Beneath these sullen skies | Y |
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| Thou shouldest live in eternal spring | N |
| Where endless day is never dim | A2 |
| Why seraph has thy erring wing | N |
| Borne thee down to weep with him | A2 |
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| 'Ah not from heaven am I descended | L |
| And I do not come to mingle tears | B2 |
| But sweet is day though with shadows blended | L |
| And though clouded sweet are youthful years | C2 |
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| I the image of light and gladness | C2 |
| Saw and pitied that mournful boy | K |
| And I swore to take his gloomy sadness | C2 |
| And give to him my beamy joy | K |
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| 'Heavy and dark the night is closing | N |
| Heavy and dark may its biding be | L |
| Better for all from grief reposing | N |
| And better for all who watch like me | L |
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| 'Guardian angel he lacks no longer | V |
| Evil fortune he need not fear | D2 |
| Fate is strong but Love is stronger | V |
| And more unsleeping than angel's care | X |
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| May | C |
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| Emily's name for these two poems in the Gondal saga was 'A E and R C' it was Charlotte who gave them this title The image of two children appears a number of times in Emily Bront 's poetry as well as in her novel In this poem the 'melancholy boy' resembles Heathcliff and Hareton while the 'Child of Delight with sunbright hair' resembles Catherine Earnshaw and Cathy Linton the poem hints that they are to redeem the 'melancholy boy ' The dark light male female pair appears in the novel and in the Gondal saga as well | E2 |
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