Now, O Now, In This Brown Land Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD AEAEFF GFGDHH| XXXIII | A |
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| Now O now in this brown land | B |
| Where Love did so sweet music make | C |
| We two shall wander hand in hand | B |
| Forbearing for old friendship' sake | C |
| Nor grieve because our love was gay | D |
| Which now is ended in this way | D |
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| A rogue in red and yellow dress | A |
| Is knocking knocking at the tree | E |
| And all around our loneliness | A |
| The wind is whistling merrily | E |
| The leaves they do not sigh at all | F |
| When the year takes them in the fall | F |
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| Now O now we hear no more | G |
| The vilanelle and roundelay | F |
| Yet will we kiss sweetheart before | G |
| We take sad leave at close of day | D |
| Grieve not sweetheart for anything | H |
| The year the year is gathering | H |
James Joyce
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