The Confession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDD DEFE GHIHHJKJ LMNMOPQRDSDS TJDJUVDVDWDO DDXDYZA2ZDIA2IDB2TB2| I am glad that you have come | A |
| Arthur from the dusty town | B |
| You must throw aside your cares | C |
| And relax your legal frown | B |
| Coke and Littleton avaunt | D |
| You have ruled him through the day | D |
| In this quiet sylvan haunt | D |
| Be content to yield your sway | D |
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| It is pleasant is it not | D |
| Sitting here beneath the trees | E |
| While the restless wind above | F |
| Ripples over leafy seas | E |
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| Often when the twilight falls | G |
| In the shadow quite alone | H |
| I have sat till starlight came | I |
| Listening to its monotone | H |
| Yet not always quite alone | H |
| Brother let me take the place | J |
| Just behind you now the moon | K |
| Shines no longer in my face | J |
| - | |
| It is near two months ago | L |
| Since I met him as I think | M |
| By God's mercy when my horse | N |
| Trembled on the river's brink | M |
| I had fallen but his arm | O |
| Firmly seized the bridle rein | P |
| And with one decided grasp | Q |
| Drew me back to life again | R |
| I was grateful and essayed | D |
| Fitting words my thanks to speak | S |
| Arthur when the heart feels most | D |
| Words I think are oftenest weak | S |
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| - | |
| So I stammered and I fear | T |
| What I said had little grace | J |
| But I knew he understood | D |
| By the smile upon his face | J |
| There are faces his was such | U |
| That are sealed when in repose | V |
| Only when a smile floods out | D |
| All the soul in beauty glows | V |
| With that smile I grew content | D |
| And my heart grew strangely calm | W |
| As with trustful step I walked | D |
| My arm resting on his arm | O |
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| Brother turn your face away | D |
| So dear I can tell you best | D |
| All that followed but be sure | X |
| You are looking to the west | D |
| Arthur I have seen him since | Y |
| Nearly every day until | Z |
| If I lose him all my life | A2 |
| Would grow wan and dark and chill | Z |
| Brother this my love impute | D |
| Not to me for maiden shame | I |
| He has sought me for his wife | A2 |
| He would crown me with his name | I |
| Only yesterday he said | D |
| That my love his life would bless | B2 |
| Would I grant it Arthur dear | T |
| Was I wrong in saying Yes | B2 |
Horatio Alger, Jr.
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