Vain Resolves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDAD AEFEGAG HIHCGHG| I said There is an end of my desire | A |
| Now have I sown and I have harvested | B |
| And these are ashes of an ancient fire | A |
| Which verily shall not be quickened | C |
| Now will I take me to a place of peace | D |
| Forget mine heart's desire | A |
| In solitude and prayer work out my soul's release | D |
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| I shall forget her eyes how cold they were | A |
| Forget her voice how soft it was and low | E |
| With all my singing that she did not hear | F |
| And all my service that she did not know | E |
| I shall not hold the merest memory | G |
| Of any days that were | A |
| Within those solitudes where I will fasten me | G |
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| And once she passed and once she raised her eyes | H |
| And smiled for courtesy and nothing said | I |
| And suddenly the old flame did uprise | H |
| And all my dead desire was quickened | C |
| Yea as it hath been it shall ever be | G |
| Most passionless pure eyes | H |
| Which never shall grow soft nor change nor pity me | G |
Ernest Dowson
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