Once Upon A Time. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFHIEIE BJBJKEKE LMLMNEOE| When dull November's misty shroud | A |
| All Nature's charms depress | B |
| Flinging a damp dark deadening cloud | A |
| O'er each heart's joyousness | B |
| Our fancies quit their lighter vein | C |
| And out from Memory's shrine | D |
| We marshal thoughts of grief and pain | C |
| Known once upon a time | E |
| - | |
| 'Tis then that faces long forgot | F |
| In shadows reappear | G |
| Voices that once we heeded not | F |
| Come whispering in the ear | H |
| And ghosts of friends whom once we met | I |
| When life was in its prime | E |
| Recall acts we would fain forget | I |
| Done once upon time | E |
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| Regretfull sighs for thoughtless deeds | B |
| That worked another wrong | J |
| Vows that we broke like rotten reeds | B |
| Like spectres glide along | J |
| Tears naught avail to heal the smart | K |
| We caused nor deemed it crime | E |
| Whilst selfishly we wrung a heart | K |
| Loved once upon a time | E |
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| Oh could we but as on we go | L |
| Care more for other's weal | M |
| Nor deem all joys earth can bestow | L |
| Are but for us to feel | M |
| Then howe'er humble howe'er poor | N |
| Our lives would be sublime | E |
| Nor should we dread to ponder o'er | O |
| Days once upon a time | E |
John Hartley
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