Lydia Is Gone This Many A Year Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI BJBK LFLF| Lydia is gone this many a year | A |
| Yet when the lilacs stir | B |
| In the old gardens far or near | A |
| The house is full of her | B |
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| They climb the twisted chamber stair | C |
| Her picture haunts the room | D |
| On the carved shelf beneath it there | C |
| They heap the purple bloom | D |
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| A ghost so long has Lydia been | E |
| Her cloak upon the wall | F |
| Broidered and gilt and faded green | G |
| Seems not her cloak at all | F |
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| The book the box on mantel laid | H |
| The shells in a pale row | I |
| Are those of some dim little maid | H |
| A thousand years ago | I |
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| And yet the house is full of her | B |
| She goes and comes again | J |
| And longings thrill and memories stir | B |
| Like lilacs in the rain | K |
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| Out in their yards the neighbors walk | L |
| Among the blossoms tall | F |
| Of Anne of Phyllis do they talk | L |
| Of Lydia not at all | F |
Lizette Woodworth Reese
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