To Sarah Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF A BHIHBJKJ A LMNMBOPQ R STUVWBBB| I | A |
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| One happy year has fled Sall | B |
| Since you were all my own | C |
| The leaves have felt the autumn blight | D |
| The wintry storm has blown | C |
| We heeded not the cold blast | E |
| Nor the winter's icy air | F |
| For we found our climate in the heart | G |
| And it was summer there | F |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| The summer's sun is bright Sall | B |
| The skies are pure in hue | H |
| But clouds will sometimes sadden them | I |
| And dim their lovely blue | H |
| And clouds may come to us Sall | B |
| But sure they will not stay | J |
| For there's a spell in fond hearts | K |
| To chase their gloom away | J |
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| III | A |
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| In sickness and in sorrow | L |
| Thine eyes were on me still | M |
| And there was comfort in each glance | N |
| To charm the sense of ill | M |
| And were they absent now Sall | B |
| I'd seek my bed of pain | O |
| And bless each pang that gave me back | P |
| Those looks of love again | Q |
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| IV | R |
| - | |
| Oh pleasant is the welcome kiss | S |
| When day's dull round is o'er | T |
| And sweet the music of the step | U |
| That meets me at the door | V |
| Though worldly cares may visit us | W |
| I reck not when they fall | B |
| While I have thy kind lips my Sall | B |
| To smile away them all | B |
Joseph Rodman Drake
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