On Pitz Languard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB C DEDE C AFAF C EGEG BABA| I stood on the top of Pitz Languard | A |
| And heard three voices whispering low | B |
| Where the Alpine birds in their circling ward | A |
| Made swift dark shadows upon the snow | B |
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| First voice | C |
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| I loved a girl with truth and pain | D |
| She loved me not When she said good by | E |
| She gave me a kiss to sting and stain | D |
| My broken life to a rosy dye | E |
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| Second voice | C |
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| I loved a woman with love well tried | A |
| And I swear I believe she loves me still | F |
| But it was not I who stood by her side | A |
| When she answered the priest and said I will | F |
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| Third voice | C |
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| I loved two girls one fond one shy | E |
| And I never divined which one loved me | G |
| One married and now though I can't tell why | E |
| Of the four in the story I count but three | G |
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| The three weird voices whispered low | B |
| Where the eagles swept in their circling ward | A |
| But only one shadow scarred the snow | B |
| As I clambered down from Pitz Languard | A |
John Hay
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