A Leave-taking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEFGFH IJIJKLKL| She will not smile | A |
| She will not stir | B |
| I marvel while | A |
| I look on her | B |
| The lips are chilly | C |
| And will not speak | D |
| The ghost of a lily | C |
| In either cheek | D |
| - | |
| Her hair ah me | C |
| Her hair her hair | E |
| How helplessly | C |
| My hands go there | E |
| But my caresses | F |
| Meet not hers | G |
| O golden tresses | F |
| That thread my tears | H |
| - | |
| I kiss the eyes | I |
| On either lid | J |
| Where her love lies | I |
| Forever hid | J |
| I cease my weeping | K |
| And smile and say | L |
| I will be sleeping | K |
| Thus some day | L |
James Whitcomb Riley
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