At The Convent Gate. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJKLLM NNOPPO QQBRRB| Wistaria blossoms trail and fall | A |
| Above the length of barrier wall | A |
| And softly now and then | B |
| The shy staid breasted doves will flit | C |
| From roof to gateway top and sit | C |
| And watch the ways of men | B |
| - | |
| The gate's ajar If one might peep | D |
| Ah what a haunt of rest and sleep | D |
| The shadowy garden seems | E |
| And note how dimly to and fro | F |
| The grave gray hooded Sisters go | F |
| Like figures seen in dreams | E |
| - | |
| Look there is one that tells her beads | G |
| And yonder one apart that reads | G |
| A tiny missal's page | H |
| And see beside the well the two | I |
| That kneeling strive to lure anew | I |
| The magpie to its cage | H |
| - | |
| Not beautiful not all But each | J |
| With that mild grace outlying speech | J |
| Which comes of even mood | K |
| The Veil unseen that women wear | L |
| With heart whole thought and quiet care | L |
| And hope of higher good | M |
| - | |
| A placid life a peaceful life | N |
| What need to these the name of Wife | N |
| What gentler task I said | O |
| What worthier e'en your arts among | P |
| Than tend the sick and teach the young | P |
| And give the hungry bread | O |
| - | |
| No worthier task re echoes She | Q |
| Who closelier clinging turns with me | Q |
| To face the road again | B |
| And yet in that warm heart of hers | R |
| She means the doves' for she prefers | R |
| To watch the ways of men | B |
Henry Austin Dobson
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