A Valentine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CCCDCD EEEAEA FFFGFG HHHIHI AAAGAG CCCGCG JJJGJG

Sent to a friend who had complained that I was glad enough to seeA
him when he came but didn't seem to miss him if he stayed awayB
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And cannot pleasures while they lastC
Be actual unless when pastC
They leave us shuddering and aghastC
With anguish smartingD
And cannot friends be firm and fastC
And yet bear partingD
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And must I then at Friendship's callE
Calmly resign the little allE
Trifling I grant it is and smallE
I have of gladnessA
And lend my being to the thrallE
Of gloom and sadnessA
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And think you that I should be dumbF
And full DOLORUM OMNIUMF
Excepting when YOU choose to comeF
And share my dinnerG
At other times be sour and glumF
And daily thinnerG
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Must he then only live to weepH
Who'd prove his friendship true and deepH
By day a lonely shadow creepH
At night time languishI
Oft raising in his broken sleepH
The moan of anguishI
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The lover if for certain daysA
His fair one be denied his gazeA
Sinks not in grief and wild amazeA
But wiser wooerG
He spends the time in writing laysA
And posts them to herG
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And if the verse flow free and fastC
Till even the poet is aghastC
A touching Valentine at lastC
The post shall carryG
When thirteen days are gone and pastC
Of FebruaryG
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Farewell dear friend and when we meetJ
In desert waste or crowded streetJ
Perhaps before this week shall fleetJ
Perhaps to morrowG
I trust to find YOUR heart the seatJ
Of wasting sorrowG

Lewis Carroll



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