The Ruin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FBGB HBIB JBKB LBLB| THE bitter wind blows o'er the desolate wold | A |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| And I must trudge on thro' the sleet and the cold | A |
| And sweet to my heart were the lot of the dead | B |
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| Upon my shrunk bosom sleep seizeth my child | C |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| Awaken my darling Alas I'm beguiled | C |
| And would I too slept the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| Cold cold are its feet and its bosom and oh | D |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| No more will the bird prove a light to my woe | D |
| And would I too slept the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| Its sweet glossy eyes seem to look at men yet | E |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| They mind me of others I fain would forget | E |
| And would I too slept the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| Its soft silken locks e'er as sunny as soft | F |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| A wet are the curies I've kissed so oft | G |
| And would I too slept the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| The wee tottie crept atween me and my toil | H |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| But then its bit smile had the trick of his smile | I |
| And would that I slept the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| No father had I once to threaten or frown | J |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| And mother kept silent till reason had flown | K |
| Then dropt she to sleep the sound sleep of the dead | B |
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| I've reached the old ruin endeared by the past | L |
| The bloom from the blossom forever is sped | B |
| He'll come here and find our bones whiten'd at last | L |
| And lie down and rest by the dust of the dead | B |
Joseph Skipsey
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