Love Was True To Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD ABABEFEF GAGAHFHF| LOVE was true to me | A |
| True and tender | B |
| I who ought to be | A |
| Love's defender | B |
| Let the cold winds blow | C |
| Till they chilled him | D |
| Let the winds and snow | C |
| Shroud him and I know | C |
| That I killed him | D |
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| Years he cried to me | A |
| To be kinder | B |
| I was blind to see | A |
| And grew blinder | B |
| Years with soft hands raised | E |
| Fondly reaching | F |
| Wept and prayed and praised | E |
| Still beseeching | F |
| - | |
| When he died I woke | G |
| God how lonely | A |
| When the gray dawn broke | G |
| On one only | A |
| Now beside Love's grave | H |
| I am kneeling | F |
| All he sought and gave | H |
| I am feeling | F |
John Boyle O'reilly
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