Tale Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGHCCIJKKLL M LNOP MMQRSSTTUV UWWX CCYYZZA2A2LLB2B2C2C2 D2D2FFE2 F2F2G2G2LLH2H2I2 G2 H2H2H2H2H2H2A2 H2H2H2H2J2J2K2K2G2G2 H2H2L2L2M2M2H2H2N2N2 O2 H2H2P2P2H2H2Q2R2I2I2 LLH2 H2H2H2H2S2S2T2T2H2H2 U2U2H2H2H2H2V2V2XXW2 W2H2H2H2H2H2H2H2H2H2 H2ZZX2Y2H2H2H2H2K2K2 H2H2XXK2K2H2H2M2M2I2 I2H2H2H2H2G2G2H2H2H2 H2H2PROCRASTINATION | A |
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Love will expire the gay the happy dream | B |
Will turn to scorn indiff'rence or esteem | B |
Some favour'd pairs in this exchange are blest | C |
Nor sigh for raptures in a state of rest | C |
Others ill match'd with minds unpair'd repent | D |
At once the deed and know no more content | D |
From joy to anguish they in haste decline | E |
And with their fondness their esteem resign | E |
More luckless still their fate who are the prey | F |
Of long protracted hope and dull delay | F |
'Mid plans of bliss the heavy hours pass on | G |
Till love is withered and till joy is gone | H |
This gentle flame two youthful hearts possess'd | C |
The sweet disturber of unenvied rest | C |
The prudent Dinah was the maid beloved | I |
And the kind Rupert was the swain approved | J |
A wealthy Aunt her gentle niece sustain'd | K |
He with a father at his desk remain'd | K |
The youthful couple to their vows sincere | L |
Thus loved expectant year succeeding year | L |
With pleasant views and hopes but not a prospect | M |
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near | L |
Rupert some comfort in his station saw | N |
But the poor virgin lived in dread and awe | O |
Upon her anxious looks the widow smiled | P |
And bade her wait 'for she was yet a child ' | - |
She for her neighbour had a due respect | M |
Nor would his son encourage or reject | M |
And thus the pair with expectation vain | Q |
Beheld the seasons change and change again | R |
Meantime the nymph her tender tales perused | S |
Where cruel aunts impatient girls refused | S |
While hers though teasing boasted to be kind | T |
And she resenting to be all resign'd | T |
The dame was sick and when the youth applied | U |
For her consent she groan'd and cough'd and | V |
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cried | U |
Talk'd of departing and again her breath | W |
Drew hard and cough'd and talk'd again of death | W |
'Here may you live my Dinah here the boy | X |
And you together my estate enjoy ' | - |
Thus to the lovers was her mind expressed | C |
Till they forbore to urge the fond request | C |
Servant and nurse and comforter and friend | Y |
Dinah had still some duty to attend | Y |
But yet their walk when Rupert's evening call | Z |
Obtain'd an hour made sweet amends for all | Z |
So long they now each other's thoughts had known | A2 |
That nothing seem'd exclusively their own | A2 |
But with the common wish the mutual fear | L |
They now had travelled to their thirtieth year | L |
At length a prospect open'd but alas | B2 |
Long time must yet before the union pass | B2 |
Rupert was call'd in other clime t'increase | C2 |
Another's wealth and toil for future peace | C2 |
Loth were the lovers but the aunt declared | D2 |
'Twas fortune's call and they must be prepar'd | D2 |
'You now are young and for this brief delay | F |
And Dinah's care what I bequeath will pay | F |
All will be yours nay love suppress that sigh | E2 |
The kind must suffer and the best must die ' | - |
Then came the cough and strong the signs it gave | F2 |
Of holding long contention with the grave | F2 |
The lovers parted with a gloomy view | G2 |
And little comfort but that both were true | G2 |
He for uncertain duties doom'd to steer | L |
While hers remain'd too certain and severe | L |
Letters arrived and Rupert fairly told | H2 |
'His cares were many and his hopes were cold | H2 |
The view more clouded that was never fair | I2 |
And love alone preserved him from despair ' | - |
In other letters brighter hopes he drew | G2 |
'His friends were kind and he believed them true ' | - |
When the sage widow Dinah's grief descried | H2 |
She wonder'd much why one so happy sigh'd | H2 |
Then bade her see how her poor aunt sustain'd | H2 |
The ills of life nor murmur'd nor complain'd | H2 |
To vary pleasures from the lady's chest | H2 |
Were drawn the pearly string and tabby vest | H2 |
Beads jewels laces all their value shown | A2 |
With the kind notice 'They will be your own ' | - |
This hope these comforts cherish'd day by day | H2 |
To Dinah's bosom made a gradual way | H2 |
Till love of treasure had as large a part | H2 |
As love of Rupert in the virgin's heart | H2 |
Whether it be that tender passions fail | J2 |
From their own nature while the strong prevail | J2 |
Or whether av'rice like the poison tree | K2 |
Kills all beside it and alone will be | K2 |
Whatever cause prevail'd the pleasure grew | G2 |
In Dinah's soul she loved the hoards to view | G2 |
With lively joy those comforts she survey'd | H2 |
And love grew languid in the careful maid | H2 |
Now the grave niece partook the widow's cares | L2 |
Look'd to the great and ruled the small affairs | L2 |
Saw clean'd the plate arranged the china show | M2 |
And felt her passion for a shilling grow | M2 |
Th' indulgent aunt increased the maid's delight | H2 |
By placing tokens of her wealth in sight | H2 |
She loved the value of her bonds to tell | N2 |
And spake of stocks and how they rose and fell | N2 |
This passion grew and gain'd at length such | O2 |
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sway | H2 |
That other passions shrank to make it way | H2 |
Romantic notions now the heart forsook | P2 |
She read but seldom and she changed her book | P2 |
And for the verses she was wont to send | H2 |
Short was her prose and she was Rupert's friend | H2 |
Seldom she wrote and then the widow's cough | Q2 |
And constant call excused her breaking off | R2 |
Who now oppressed no longer took the air | I2 |
But sat and dozed upon an easy chair | I2 |
The cautious doctor saw the case was clear | L |
But judged it best to have companions near | L |
They came they reason'd they prescribed at | H2 |
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last | H2 |
Like honest men they said their hopes were past | H2 |
Then came a priest 'tis comfort to reflect | H2 |
When all is over there was no neglect | H2 |
And all was over By her husband's bones | S2 |
The widow rests beneath the sculptured stones | S2 |
That yet record their fondness and their fame | T2 |
While all they left the virgin's care became | T2 |
Stock bonds and buildings it disturb'd her rest | H2 |
To think what load of troubles she possessed | H2 |
Yet if a trouble she resolved to take | U2 |
Th' important duty for the donor's sake | U2 |
She too was heiress to the widow's taste | H2 |
Her love of hoarding and her dread of waste | H2 |
Sometimes the past would on her mind intrude | H2 |
And then a conflict full of care ensued | H2 |
The thoughts of Rupert on her mind would press | V2 |
His worth she knew but doubted his success | V2 |
Of old she saw him heedless what the boy | X |
Forebore to save the man would not enjoy | X |
Oft had he lost the chance that care would seize | W2 |
Willing to live but more to live at ease | W2 |
Yet could she not a broken vow defend | H2 |
And Heav'n perhaps might yet enrich her friend | H2 |
Month after month was pass'd and all were spent | H2 |
In quiet comfort and in rich content | H2 |
Miseries there were and woes the world around | H2 |
But these had not her pleasant dwelling found | H2 |
She knew that mothers grieved and widows wept | H2 |
And she was sorry said her prayers and slept | H2 |
Thus passed the seasons and to Dinah's board | H2 |
Gave what the seasons to the rich afford | H2 |
For she indulged nor was her heart so small | Z |
That one strong passion should engross it all | Z |
A love of splendour now with av'rice strove | X2 |
And oft appeared to be the stronger love | Y2 |
A secret pleasure fill'd the Widow's breast | H2 |
When she reflected on the hoards possess'd | H2 |
But livelier joy inspired th' ambitious Maid | H2 |
When she the purchase of those hoards display'd | H2 |
In small but splendid room she loved to see | K2 |
That all was placed in view and harmony | K2 |
There as with eager glance she look'd around | H2 |
She much delight in every object found | H2 |
While books devout were near her to destroy | X |
Should it arise an overflow of joy | X |
Within that fair apartment guests might see | K2 |
The comforts cull'd for wealth by vanity | K2 |
Around the room an Indian paper blazed | H2 |
With lively tint and figures boldly raised | H2 |
Silky and soft upon the floor below | M2 |
Th' elastic carpet rose with crimson glow | M2 |
All things around implied both cost and care | I2 |
What met the eye was elegant or rare | I2 |
Some curious trifles round the room were laid | H2 |
By hope presented to the wealthy Maid | H2 |
Within a costly case of varnish'd wood | H2 |
In level rows her polish'd volumes stood | H2 |
Shown as a favour to a chosen few | G2 |
To prove what beauty for a book could do | G2 |
A silver urn with curious work was fraught | H2 |
A silver lamp from Grecian pattern wrought | H2 |
Above her head all gorgeous to behold | H2 |
A time piece stood on feet of burnish'd gold | H2 |
A stag's head crest adorn'd | H2 |
George Crabbe
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