The Lost Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FEFE GHFHIEFE JKEKLEFE MENEOEFE PQFQAEFE| In the postoffice window was one broken pane | A |
| In the wainscot there was one loosen'd board | B |
| And conveniently near was the broad oaken table | C |
| Where the mail from the bag had been pour'd | B |
| 'Twas a morning in May with a sweet odor'd breeze | D |
| And it happen'd unnotic'd by all | E |
| That a most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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| Two lives wreck'd by a zephyr | F |
| Two hearts crush'd by the fall | E |
| When that most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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| Both were faithful and true 'Twas a gossip's remark | G |
| that had clouded loving hearts with concern | H |
| Then alas came a quarrel and she in her anger | F |
| Bade him go nevermore to return | H |
| Oh how soon she repented how great was her grief | I |
| And how humbly she penn'd her recall | E |
| But that most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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| It was just on the morrow the carpenter came | J |
| Such defections in that wall to repair | K |
| And he hammer'd and sang and departed unmindful | E |
| Of the hearts he had thus burried there | K |
| And in heaps on the table all safe and secure | L |
| There lay many a valueless scrawl | E |
| Where that most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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| When she learns how she wrongs me my darling will write | M |
| Mus'd the lover as he watch'd for the mail | E |
| But his letter came not and dishearten'd and hopeless | N |
| For a land far away he set sail | E |
| Oh the long weary years of suspense and regret | O |
| And of presage perplexing withal | E |
| Since that most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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| From the time crumbled pile came the time faded sheet | P |
| With its ancient superscription and date | Q |
| And from exile the lover the yet faithful lover | F |
| Hasten'd home to seal his fate | Q |
| 'Twas his most cruel pang that he might not explain | A |
| To the sleeper beneath her black pall | E |
| How that most precious missive that love laden letter | F |
| Flutter'd down thro' the gap in the wall | E |
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