Geraldine, Geraldine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC ADADACAC AEAEFCAC AGHGACAC AIAIACAC ADADHCAC AJAJACAC AEAEACAC

Geraldine GeraldineA
Do you remember whereB
The willows used to screenA
The water flowing fairB
The mill stream's banks of greenA
Where first our love begunC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
Do you remember howD
From th' old bridge we would leanA
The bridge that's broken nowD
To watch the minnows sheenA
And the ripples of the RunC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
Do you remember tooE
The old beech tree betweenA
Whose roots the wild flowers grewE
Where oft we met at e'enF
When stars were few or noneC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
The bark has grown aroundG
The names I cut thereinH
And the truelove knot that boundG
The love knot clear and cleanA
I carved when our love begunC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
The roof of the farmhouse grayI
Is fallen and mossy greenA
Its rafters rot awayI
The old path scarce is seenA
Where oft our feet would runC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
Through each old tree and boughD
The lone winds cry and keenA
The place is haunted nowD
With ghosts of what has beenH
With dreams of love long doneC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
There in your world of wealthJ
There where you move a queenA
Broken in heart and healthJ
Does there ever rise a sceneA
Of days your soul would shunC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC
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Geraldine GeraldineA
Here 'mid the rose and rueE
Would God that your grave were greenA
And I were lying tooE
Here on the hill I meanA
Where oft we laughed I' the sunC
When you were seventeenA
And I was twenty oneC

Madison Julius Cawein



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