Within A Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDEE A FGHFEE A IJJIEE K LMMLEEI | A |
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Lips that are met in love's | B |
Devotion sweet | C |
While parting lovers passionately greet | C |
And earth through heaven's arc more swiftly moves | D |
Oh will they be less dear | E |
Within a year | E |
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II | A |
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Eyes in whose shadow spell | F |
Far off I read | G |
That which to lovers taking loving heed | H |
Dear women's eyes full soon and plainly tell | F |
Oh will you give such cheer | E |
This time a year | E |
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III | A |
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Behold the dark year goes | I |
Nor will reveal | J |
Aught of its purpose if for woe or weal | J |
Swift as a stream that o'er the mill weir flows | I |
Mayhap the end draws near | E |
Within the year | E |
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IV | K |
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Yet darling once more touch | L |
Those lips to mine | M |
Set on my life that talisman divine | M |
Absence new friends I fear not overmuch | L |
Even Death should he appear | E |
Within the year | E |
George Parsons Lathrop
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