The Dark Cavalier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CCDC AECE| I am the Dark Cavalier I am the Last Lover | A |
| My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired | B |
| I stand to wait for you patient in the darkness | C |
| Offering forgetfulness of all that you desired | B |
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| I ask no merriment no pretense of gladness | C |
| I can love heavy lids and lips without their rose | C |
| Though you are sorrowful you will not weary me | D |
| I will not go from you when all the tired world goes | C |
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| I am the Dark Cavalier I am the Last Lover | A |
| I promise faithfulness no other lips may keep | E |
| Safe in my bridal place comforted by darkness | C |
| You shall lie happily smiling in your sleep | E |
Margaret Widdemer
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