The Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDED FGGHIJ KLMN OO LPLQRS| Oh how sad the recollection in the midst of joy it | A |
| springs | B |
| What a train of faded pleasures that fond idea brings | B |
| All those hours are gone for ever they were sweet but | C |
| pass'd away | D |
| Like the sunny clouds that vanish in the midst of dying | E |
| day | D |
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| I have number'd all the sorrows this tortured heart has | F |
| known | G |
| I have counted each delight I would ever call my own | G |
| But the moments are so woven that the guiding clew is | H |
| gone | I |
| And the sorrow and the pleasure blended into one | J |
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| That one oh when we parted it was glittering in that | K |
| tear | L |
| That one 'twas in the accents that told we both were | M |
| dear | N |
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| It dwelt in those fond glances too fleet too early past | O |
| It lived in that embrace the tenderest the last | O |
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| The last oh in that word there are ages of despair | L |
| No summer thought of brightness can dwell untroubled | P |
| there | L |
| Yet my soul was in that moment so fraught with joy and | Q |
| pain | R |
| And ' tis only recollection can give back the soul again | S |
Louisa Stuart Costello
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