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 AA2A2A| Dead 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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