The Criminal's Betrothed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE EGHG FIJK ELFL MNON EPEP QRST EUVU WXYX ZEWE| As on a waveless sea a vessel strikes | A |
| Upon a treacherous rock | B |
| Waking the sailors from their happy dreams | C |
| By the swift terrible shock | B |
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| Dreaming of shaded village streets and home | D |
| Forgetting the cruel sea | E |
| Till the shock came so woke I yet I know | F |
| 'Twas Love I loved not he | E |
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| 'Tis not the star the wave so wildly clasps | E |
| Only its form reflected in the stream | G |
| 'Tis not a broken heart I mourn | H |
| Only a broken dream | G |
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| I should have died when he was brought so low | F |
| Had it been him I loved | I |
| Died clinging to him as to the blasted oak | J |
| The ivy clings unmoved | K |
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| 'Twas Love that looked on me with strange sweet eyes | E |
| Burning with marvellous flame | L |
| Love was the idol that I worshipped though | F |
| I gave to it his name | L |
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| I gave to Love his name his glance his brow | M |
| His low toned voice his smile | N |
| Oh soul be patient I can sever them | O |
| But yet a little while | N |
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| Before I put away these outward forms | E |
| Deceiving sweet disguises which Love wore | P |
| Let my heart break into regretful tears | E |
| Just once and then no more | P |
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| Just once as fond friends watch the fading sail | Q |
| Bearing away a guest of truest worth | R |
| They give this little time to grief and then | S |
| Return to their desolate hearth | T |
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| And build new fires and gather dewy flowers | E |
| Let the pure air into the vacant room | U |
| So light and bloom and sweetness all | V |
| Shall penetrate its gloom | U |
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| I will be patient in a little time | W |
| Quiet and full of rest | X |
| Gods's peace will come and like a soft winged bird | Y |
| Settle upon my breast | X |
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| Not always thus shall beat my restless heart | Z |
| Like a wild eagle 'gainst its prison bars | E |
| In some calm twilight of the future time | W |
| I will sit calm browed underneath the stars | E |
Marietta Holley
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