Face To Face Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GAAG HAAH IJJI KLLK AAAA MAAM NDDN OPPO QFRQ AAAA ASMA CTTC UVWU XAAY GAAG CPPC EZZF AA2A2ADead and all the haughty fate | A |
Fair on throat and face of wax | B |
White calm hands crossed still and lax | B |
Cold impassionate | A |
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Dead and no word whispered low | C |
At the dull ear now could wake | D |
One responsive chord or make | D |
One wan temple glow | C |
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Dead and no hot tear would stir | E |
All that woman sweet and fair | F |
Woman soul from feet to hair | F |
Which was once of her | E |
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God and thus to die and I | G |
I must live though life be but | A |
One long hard monotonous rut | A |
There to plod and die | G |
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Creeds are well in such a case | H |
But no sermon could have wrought | A |
More of faith than you have taught | A |
With your pale dead face | H |
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And I see it as you see | I |
One mistake so very small | J |
Yet so great it mangled all | J |
Left you this and me | I |
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Oft I pondered saying Sure | K |
She could never live such life | L |
And the truth stabbed like a knife | L |
When I found you pure | K |
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Pure so pure and me bemoiled | A |
Loathly as loathed vermin just | A |
As weak souls are left of lust | A |
Loveless low and soiled | A |
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Nay I loved you then and love | M |
Grand great eyes I see them yet | A |
Set like luminous gems of jet | A |
In wax lids above | M |
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Lips O poor dumb chideless lips | N |
Once as red as life could make | D |
Moist as wan wild roses wake | D |
When the wild dew drips | N |
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Hair imperial full and warm | O |
As a Grace's where one stone | P |
Precious lay ensnared and shone | P |
Like a star in storm | O |
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Eyes at parting big with pain | Q |
God I see them and the tear | F |
In them big as eyes of deer | R |
Led by lights and slain | Q |
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Life so true I falsely cursed | A |
Lips that curled with scorn and pride | A |
Hurt me though I said they lied | A |
While the true heart burst | A |
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Rest my heart has suffered too | A |
And this life had woe enough | S |
For the little dole of love | M |
Given to me and you | A |
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Can you hear me can you know | C |
What I am and how it came | T |
You beyond me like a flame | T |
You before me like the snow | C |
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Dead and all my heart a cup | U |
Hollowed for sad bitter tears | V |
Bitter in the bitter years | W |
Slowly brimming up | U |
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Sleep 'tis well but might have been | X |
Better yes God knows it might | A |
Better for me in His sight | A |
And my soul more clean | Y |
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Sleep in very peace but I | G |
With Earth's other fools will stay | A |
Live 'mid laughter day by day | A |
Mocking laugh and die | G |
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You will know me now I know | C |
But in life had never known | P |
How indeed I was alone | P |
But 'tis better so | C |
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And I know you what you were | E |
Faithful and it were no use | Z |
Only to yourself abuse | Z |
I shall tell you there | F |
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There beyond the lightning and | A |
The long clouds and utter skies | A2 |
Moons and suns and stars that rise | A2 |
Where we'll understand | A |
Madison Julius Cawein
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