Alice. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE FGFG HBHB IJKJ LMLN OPOP BQBQ RSRS TUHV WXWX YGYG RHRH ZA2ZA2 B2DB2D C2D2C2D2| Dear little Alice lay dying | A |
| I see her as if 'twas to day | B |
| And we stood round her snowy bed crying | A |
| And watching her life ebb away | B |
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| 'Twas a beautiful day in the spring | A |
| The sun shone out warmly and clear | C |
| And the wee birds their love songs to sing | A |
| Came and perched on the trees that grew near | C |
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| In the distance the glistening sea | D |
| Could be heard in a deep solemn tone | E |
| As if murmuring in sad sympathy | D |
| For our griefs and our hopes that had flown | E |
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| The windows wide open allowed | F |
| The soft wind to fan her white cheek | G |
| As with uncovered heads mutely bowed | F |
| We stood watching not daring to speak | G |
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| We were only her playmates no tie | H |
| Of relationship drew us that way | B |
| We'd been told that dear Alice must die | H |
| And she'd begg'd she might see us that day | B |
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| We were all full of sorrow and tears | I |
| We all shed but not one showed surprise | J |
| Of her future we harboured no fears | K |
| For we knew she was fit for the skies | J |
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| Ever gentle and kind as a dove | L |
| To each one she knew she had been | M |
| She had ruled her dominion by love | L |
| And we all paid her homage as Queen | N |
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| Her strange beauty now as I look back | O |
| I can see as I ne'er saw it then | P |
| But words to describe it I lack | O |
| It could never be told by a pen | P |
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| Half asleep half awake as she lay | B |
| With her golden curls round her pale face | Q |
| A smile round her lips 'gan to play | B |
| And her eyes gazed intently on space | Q |
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| With an effort she half raised her head | R |
| And looked lovingly round us on all | S |
| Then she motioned us nearer the bed | R |
| And we silently answered her call | S |
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| Then she put out her tiny white hand | T |
| The friend nearest her took it in his | U |
| And so faintly she whispered Good bye | H |
| As he printed upon it a kiss | V |
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| One by one boy and girl did the same | W |
| And she bade them 'farewell' as they passed | X |
| Calling everyone by their name | W |
| 'Till it came to my turn I was last | X |
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| Good bye Harry she breathed very low | Y |
| And her eyes to my soul seemed to speak | G |
| And she strove not to let my hand go | Y |
| Till I stooped down and kissed her pale cheek | G |
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| Then she wearily laid down her head | R |
| And she closed her blue eyes with a sigh | H |
| Don't forget me dear Harry when dead | R |
| But meet me in Heaven by and bye | H |
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| And that whisper I never forgot | Z |
| And her hand's dying clasp I feel still | A2 |
| For I swore that whatever my lot | Z |
| I'd be true to that child and I will | A2 |
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| It may be a foolish conceit | B2 |
| But it oft is a solace for me | D |
| To think when life's troubles I meet | B2 |
| There's an angel in Heaven cares for me | D |
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| Friends deplore my lone bachelor state | C2 |
| Some may pity and others deride | D2 |
| But they know not for Alice I wait | C2 |
| Who took with her my heart when she died | D2 |
John Hartley
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