Only A Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFA GHCHIJKJ LMNMOPQP RSTSUVWV JXYXZA2B2A2 C2A2D2A2HXE2X F2A2G2A2H2I2BI2| Let me tell you a story dear | A |
| Of someone I saw to day | B |
| Only a man with a pale worn face | C |
| And auburn locks grown gray | B |
| One I thought would never again | D |
| Come over my pathway here | E |
| One I still hope to meet forgiven | F |
| In a better brighter sphere | A |
| - | |
| Why did you start he knew me yes | G |
| A flush as of pain or pride | H |
| Pass'd swiftly o'er the pale stern face | C |
| And the high white forehead dyed | H |
| I heard the roll of carriage wheels | I |
| Unthinkingly raised my eyes | J |
| One glance flashed out beneatt thosee Brows | K |
| Like lightening across the skies | J |
| - | |
| Shudder not dear 'tis he who grieves | L |
| Not I in my lonely life | M |
| I have a calm bright future now | N |
| He well he has gold and strife | M |
| They say that oft by the heaving lake | O |
| He wanders about alone | P |
| Waves that dash on the sandy beach | Q |
| Answer his throbbing heart's moan | P |
| - | |
| Once or twice has been heard a name | R |
| As if wrung with torturous pain | S |
| From lips to sacred silence sworn | T |
| Told only to storms and rain | S |
| He leaves the light of gilded halls | U |
| To clasp in the midnight air | V |
| Some flowers that faded years ago | W |
| One lock of a girl's dark hair | V |
| - | |
| Ask me not with those pleading eyes | J |
| If I dream about him yet | X |
| Is anything colder to your touch | Y |
| Than ashes with rain drops wet | X |
| What is harder to kindle up | Z |
| Than lava grown black and cold | A2 |
| That once from burning mountain's heart | B2 |
| In fiery grandeur rolled | A2 |
| - | |
| Pity him pray for him that is well | C2 |
| Married for jewels and gold | A2 |
| Vipers crawl from the caskets bright | D2 |
| And they keep his fingers cold | A2 |
| Only a flush of pain or pride | H |
| When to day our glances met | X |
| He in his gorgeous wealth arrayed | E2 |
| I out in the cold and wet | X |
| - | |
| Hush as we sow we surely reap | F2 |
| Yes he has a wife and gold | A2 |
| Broad lands a mansion white and tall | G2 |
| Like an iceberg grand and cold | A2 |
| I I've the blessings of the poor | H2 |
| Which fall like the gentle dew | I2 |
| I've claims on mansions far away | B |
| I have life and love and you | I2 |
Harriet Annie Wilkins
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