The Stained Lily Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB CBCB DBDB| WHEN first the maiden fair I eyed | A |
| This world is a world of grief alone | B |
| A lily she held and a rose beside | A |
| But I was doomed her lot to moan | B |
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| The rose was gain's and the lily was stain'd | C |
| This world is a world of grief alone | B |
| And from that hour her beauty waned | C |
| And I was left her lot to moan | B |
| - | |
| The lily was stain'd when the rose was gain'd | C |
| This world is a world of grief alone | B |
| And from that hour her life star waned | C |
| And I was left her lot to moan | B |
| - | |
| Ah never more in my sight she'll stand | D |
| This world is a world of grief alone | B |
| With a lily bright in her lily white hand | D |
| And I am doomed her lot to moan | B |
Joseph Skipsey
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