The Separation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEAGDGHEIE JKDKLEME| We knew too little of the world | A |
| And you and I were good | B |
| Twas paltry things that wrecked our lives | C |
| As well I knew they would | B |
| The people said our love was dead | D |
| But how were they to know | E |
| Ah had we loved each other less | F |
| We d not have quarrelled so | E |
| We knew too little of the world | A |
| And you and I were kind | G |
| We listened to what others said | D |
| And both of us were blind | G |
| The people said twas selfishness | H |
| But how were they to know | E |
| Ah had we both more selfish been | I |
| We d not have parted so | E |
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| But still when all seems lost on earth | J |
| Then heaven sets a sign | K |
| Kneel down beside your lonely bed | D |
| And I will kneel by mine | K |
| And let us pray for happy days | L |
| Like those of long ago | E |
| Ah had we knelt together then | M |
| We d not have parted so | E |
Henry Lawson
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