Absence. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIH DEDEJKJK LAFAMNMN OPOPFBLB QRQRSOSO| What ails my love where can he be | A |
| He never broke a vow | B |
| Though twice the clock's reminded me | A |
| That he's deceiv'd me now | B |
| Through some bad girl I well know that | C |
| Poor Peggy's love's forgot | D |
| Thus sigh'd a lass as down she sat | C |
| On the appointed spot | D |
| - | |
| The night was gathering dark and deep | E |
| But absent was the swain | F |
| The dews on many a flower did weep | E |
| But Peggy wept in vain | F |
| And every noise that meets her ear | G |
| And fancy of her eye | H |
| Hope instant wipes away the tear | I |
| And paints the shepherd nigh | H |
| - | |
| Ah now he comes my cheek glows hot | D |
| His dog barks to the sheep | E |
| Alas her own dog lay forgot | D |
| Loud whimpering in his sleep | E |
| He rustles down the wood path park | J |
| The boughs hung o'er it stirr'd | K |
| Alas her Rover's dreaming bark | J |
| Awoke a startled bird | K |
| - | |
| Again he look'd and once again | L |
| Hop'd she her love should see | A |
| A glimpse of moonlight checq'd the plain | F |
| Ah here he comes 'tis he | A |
| The trees hung o'er the shady way | M |
| 'Twas but a shadow'd oak | N |
| The stock dove wak'd the mimic lay | M |
| Ah there my Henry spoke | N |
| - | |
| Ah this is he I know his tread | O |
| Again her hope's a dream | P |
| Her wandering cows had left their shed | O |
| And jump'd across the stream | P |
| Ah then he spoke 'twas Henry plain | F |
| She felt she knew not how | B |
| Alas the clock but told again | L |
| That he had broke his vow | B |
| - | |
| When wearied out her home she seeks | Q |
| Where nought could please her view | R |
| The tear stole silent down her cheeks | Q |
| Two rose leaves in the dew | R |
| Her auburn hair with sweetest grace | S |
| That down her temples spread | O |
| The night breeze wip'd it from her face | S |
| And kiss'd her in his stead | O |
John Clare
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