Close By Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABB CDCDBB EFEFBB CACABB GHGHHBB| So near at hand our eyes o'erlooked its nearness | A |
| In search of distant things | A |
| A dear dream lay perchance to grow in dearness | A |
| Had we but felt its wings | A |
| Astir The air our very breathing fanned | B |
| It was so near at hand | B |
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| Once many days ago we almost held it | C |
| The love we so desired | D |
| But our shut eyes saw not and fate dispelled it | C |
| Before our pulses fired | D |
| To flame and errant fortune bade us stand | B |
| Hand almost touching hand | B |
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| I sometimes think had we two been discerning | E |
| The by path hid away | F |
| From others' eyes had then revealed its turning | E |
| To us nor led astray | F |
| Our footsteps guiding us into love's land | B |
| That lay so near at hand | B |
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| So near at hand dear heart could we have known it | C |
| Throughout those dreamy hours | A |
| Had either loved or loving had we shown it | C |
| Response had sure been ours | A |
| We did not know that heart could heart command | B |
| And love so near at hand | B |
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| What then availed the red wine's subtle glisten | G |
| We passed it blindly by | H |
| And now what profit that we wait and listen | G |
| Each for the other's heart beat Ah the cry | H |
| Of love o'erlooked still lingers you and I | H |
| Sought heaven afar we did not understand | B |
| 'Twas once so near at hand | B |
Emily Pauline Johnson
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