Speed Well. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDDD EFEFCCDDD GCGCCCDDD| What time I left my native land | A |
| And bade farewell to my true love | B |
| She laid a flower in my hand | A |
| As azure as the sky above | B |
| Speed thee well Speed well | C |
| She softly whispered Speed well | C |
| This flower blue | D |
| Be token true | D |
| Of my true heart's true love for you | D |
| - | |
| Its tender hue is bright and pure | E |
| As heav'n through summer clouds doth show | F |
| A pledge though clouds thy way obscure | E |
| It shall not be for ever so | F |
| Speed thee well Speed well | C |
| She softly whisper'd Speed well | C |
| This flower blue | D |
| Be token true | D |
| Of my true heart's true love for you | D |
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| And as I toil through help and harm | G |
| And whilst on alien shores I dwell | C |
| I wear this flower as a charm | G |
| My heart repeats that tender spell | C |
| Speed thee well Speed well | C |
| It softly whispers Speed well | C |
| This flower blue | D |
| Be token true | D |
| Of my true heart's true love for you | D |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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