Elsie: A Memory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJK LMNO| Little elfin maid | A |
| Old though scarce two years | B |
| With your big dark hazel eyes | C |
| Tenderer than tears | D |
| - | |
| And your rosebud mouth | E |
| Lisping jocund things | F |
| Breaking brooding silence with | G |
| Wistful questionings | F |
| - | |
| Like a flower you grew | H |
| While life's bright sun shone | I |
| Does the greedy spendthrift earth | J |
| Heed a flower is gone | K |
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| No but Love's fond ken | L |
| That gropes through Death's strange ways | M |
| Almost seems to hear your Voice | N |
| Seems to see your Face | O |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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