The Pink Carnation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBFB| I may walk until I m fainting I may write until I m blinded | A |
| I might drink until my back teeth are afloat | B |
| But I can t forget my ruin and the happy days behind it | C |
| When I wore a pink carnation in my coat | B |
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| Oh I thought that time could conquer and I thought my heart would harden | D |
| But it sends a sudden lump into my throat | B |
| When I think of what I have been and the cottage and the garden | D |
| When I wore a pink carnation in my coat | B |
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| God forgive you girl and bless you Let no line of mine distress you | E |
| I am sorry for the bitter lines I wrote | B |
| But remember and think kindly for we met and married blindly | F |
| When I wore a pink carnation in my coat | B |
Henry Lawson
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