Absence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEE FGFGHIEE JKJKBGEE LMDMNNEE OPOPQQEE RGRGSSEE| WHEN from the craggy mountain's pathless steep | A |
| Whose flinty brow hangs o'er the raging sea | B |
| My wand'ring eye beholds the foamy deep | A |
| I mark the restless surge and think of THEE | B |
| The curling waves the passing breezes move | C |
| Changing and treach'rous as the breath of LOVE | D |
| The sad similitude awakes my smart | E |
| And thy dear image twines about my heart | E |
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| When at the sober hour of sinking day | F |
| Exhausted Nature steals to soft repose | G |
| When the hush'd linnet slumbers on the spray | F |
| And scarce a ZEPHYR fans the drooping ROSE | G |
| I glance o'er scenes of bliss to friendship dear | H |
| And at the fond remembrance drop a tear | I |
| Nor can the balmy incense soothe my smart | E |
| Still cureless sorrow preys upon my heart | E |
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| When the loud gambols of the village throng | J |
| Drown the lorn murmurs of the ring dove's throat | K |
| I think I hear thy fascinating song | J |
| Join the melodious minstrel's tuneful note | K |
| My list'ning ear soon tells me 'tis not THEE | B |
| Nor THY lov'd song nor THY soft minstrelsy | G |
| In vain I turn away to hide my smart | E |
| Thy dulcet numbers vibrate in my heart | E |
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| When with the Sylvan train I seek the grove | L |
| Where MAY'S soft breath diffuses incense round | M |
| Where VENUS smiles serene and sportive LOVE | D |
| With thornless ROSES spreads the fairy ground | M |
| The voice of pleasure dies upon mine ear | N |
| My conscious bosom sighs THOU ART NOT HERE | N |
| Soft tears of fond regret reveal its smart | E |
| And sorrow restless sorrow chills my heart | E |
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| When at my matin pray'rs I prostrate kneel | O |
| And Court RELIGION's aid to soothe my woe | P |
| The meek ey'd saint who pities what I feel | O |
| Forbids the sigh to heave the tear to flow | P |
| For ah no vulgar passion fills my mind | Q |
| Calm REASON's hand illumes the flame refin'd | Q |
| ALL the pure feelings FRIENDSHIP can impart | E |
| Live in the centre of my aching heart | E |
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| When at the still and solemn hour of night | R |
| I press my lonely couch to find repose | G |
| Joyless I watch the pale moon's chilling light | R |
| Where thro' the mould'ring tow'r the north wind blows | G |
| My fev'rish lids no balmy slumbers own | S |
| Still my sad bosom beats for thee alone | S |
| Nor shall its aching fibres cease to smart | E |
| 'Till DEATH's cold SPELL is twin'd about my HEART | E |
Mary Darby Robinson
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