To One Hated Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF GHIH| i Hate is only Love that has missed its way i | A |
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| Had it been when I came to the valley where the paths parted asunder | B |
| Chance had led my feet to the way of love not hate | C |
| I might have cherished you well have been to you fond and faithful | D |
| Great as my hatred is so might my love have been great | C |
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| Each cold word of mine might have been a kiss impassioned | E |
| Warm with the throb of my heart thrilled with my pulse's leap | F |
| And every glance of scorn lashing pursuing and stinging | G |
| As a look of tenderness would have been wondrous and deep | F |
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| Bitter our hatred is old and strong and unchanging | G |
| Twined with the fibres of life blent with body and soul | H |
| But as its bitterness so might have been our love's sweetness | I |
| Had it not missed the way strange missing and sad to its goal | H |
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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