On Revisiting Harrow. [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC CDEF GHGH IJKJ| A | |
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| Here once engaged the stranger's view | B |
| Young Friendship's record simply trac'd | C |
| Few were her words but yet though few | B |
| Resentment's hand the line defac'd | C |
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| Deeply she cut but not eras'd | C |
| The characters were still so plain | D |
| That Friendship once return'd and gaz'd | E |
| Till Memory hail'd the words again | F |
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| Repentance plac'd them as before | G |
| Forgiveness join'd her gentle name | H |
| So fair the inscription seem'd once more | G |
| That Friendship thought it still the same | H |
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| Thus might the Record now have been | I |
| But ah in spite of Hope's endeavour | J |
| Or Friendship's tears Pride rush'd between | K |
| And blotted out the line for ever | J |
George Gordon Byron
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