Has She Forgotten? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBBCCDEDFDE A CGHCCCHHIEIEIE A CCCCCCCDEEDEEE

IA
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Has she forgotten On this very MayB
We were to meet here with the birds and beesC
As on that Sabbath underneath the treesC
We strayed among the tombs and stripped awayB
The vines from these old granites cold and grayB
And yet indeed not grim enough were theyB
To stay our kisses smiles and ecstaciesC
Or closer voice lost vows and rhapsodiesC
Has she forgotten that the May has wonD
Its promise that the bird songs from the treeE
Are sprayed above the grasses as the sunD
Might jar the dazzling dew down showeringlyF
Has she forgotten life love everyoneD
Has she forgotten me forgotten meE
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IIA
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Low low down in the violets I pressC
My lips and whisper to her Does she hearG
And yet hold silence though I call her dearH
Just as of old save for the tearfulnessC
Of the clenched eyes and the soul's vast distressC
Has she forgotten thus the old caressC
That made our breath a quickened atmosphereH
That failed nigh unto swooning with the sheerH
Delight Mine arms clutch now this earthen heapI
Sodden with tears that flow on ceaselesslyE
As autumn rains the long long long nights weepI
In memory of days that used to beE
Has she forgotten these And in her sleepI
Has she forgotten me forgotten meE
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IIIA
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To night against my pillow with shut eyesC
I mean to weld our faces through the denseC
Incalculable darkness make pretenseC
That she has risen from her reveriesC
To mate her dreams with mine in marriagesC
Of mellow palms smooth faces and tense easeC
Of every longing nerve of indolenceC
Lift from the grave her quiet lips and stunD
My senses with her kisses drawl the gleeE
Of her glad mouth full blithe and tenderlyE
Across mine own forgetful if is doneD
The old love's awful dawn time when said weE
'To day is ours ' Ah Heaven can it beE
She has forgotten me forgotten meE

James Whitcomb Riley



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