The Vestal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFH IJIJ KLKL MNON| She goes unwedded all her days | A |
| Because some man she never knew | B |
| Her destined mate has won his bays | A |
| Passed the low door of darkness through | B |
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| Sometimes she has a wild surmise | C |
| Of what dear name he used to have | D |
| And what the colour of his eyes | C |
| And was he gay or was he grave | E |
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| Or if his hair was brown or gold | F |
| Or if his voice was low and clear | G |
| To tell his love with never told | F |
| To hers or any woman's ear | H |
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| His voice is lost upon the wind | I |
| And when the rain beats on her heart | J |
| His eyes elude her warm and kind | I |
| Where the dim shadows steal apart | J |
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| What of their children all unborn | K |
| What of the house they should have built | L |
| She wanders through her days forlorn | K |
| The untasted cup of joy is spilt | L |
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| She lives unwedded as for him | M |
| He sleeps too sound for any fret | N |
| At their lost kisses or the dream | O |
| Of the poor girl he never met | N |
Katharine Tynan
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