All Alone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDD A EFEFDD A GHGHDD I JFJFDD I KLKLDD I MNONDD I EIEIDD I PCPCDD N QRQRDD N NSNSDD N TUTUDD N USUSDD N NCNCDD I SNSNDD I VNGNDD I WXWXDD I SUSUDD I NYNYDD N NCNCDD N DSDSDD N NSNSDD N FCFCDD N NDNDDD I NSNSDD S DSDSDDI | A |
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Ah wherefore by the Church yard side | B |
Poor little LORN ONE dost thou stray | C |
Thy wavy locks but thinly hide | B |
The tears that dim thy blue eye's ray | C |
And wherefore dost thou sigh and moan | D |
And weep that thou art left alone | D |
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II | A |
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Thou art not left alone poor boy | E |
The Trav'ller stops to hear thy tale | F |
No heart so hard would thee annoy | E |
For tho' thy mother's cheek is pale | F |
And withers under yon grave stone | D |
Thou art not Urchin left alone | D |
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III | A |
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I know thee well thy yellow hair | G |
In silky waves I oft have seen | H |
Thy dimpled face so fresh and fair | G |
Thy roguish smile thy playful mien | H |
Were all to me poor Orphan known | D |
Ere Fate had left thee all alone | D |
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IV | I |
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Thy russet coat is scant and torn | J |
Thy cheek is now grown deathly pale | F |
Thy eyes are dim thy looks forlorn | J |
And bare thy bosom meets the gale | F |
And oft I hear thee deeply groan | D |
That thou poor boy art left alone | D |
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V | I |
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Thy naked feet are wounded sore | K |
With thorns that cross thy daily road | L |
The winter winds around thee roar | K |
The church yard is thy bleak abode | L |
Thy pillow now a cold grave stone | D |
And there thou lov'st to grieve alone | D |
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VI | I |
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The rain has drench'd thee all night long | M |
The nipping frost thy bosom froze | N |
And still the yewtree shades among | O |
I heard thee sigh thy artless woes | N |
I heard thee till the day star shone | D |
In darkness weep and weep alone | D |
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VII | I |
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Oft have I seen thee little boy | E |
Upon thy lovely mother's knee | I |
For when she liv'd thou wert her joy | E |
Though now a mourner thou must be | I |
For she lies low where yon grave stone | D |
Proclaims that thou art left alone | D |
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VIII | I |
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Weep weep no more on yonder hill | P |
The village bells are ringing gay | C |
The merry reed and brawling rill | P |
Call thee to rustic sports away | C |
Then wherefore weep and sigh and moan | D |
A truant from the throng alone | D |
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IX | N |
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I cannot the green hill ascend | Q |
I cannot pace the upland mead | R |
I cannot in the vale attend | Q |
To hear the merry sounding reed | R |
For all is still beneath yon stone | D |
Where my poor mother's left alone | D |
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X | N |
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I cannot gather gaudy flowers | N |
To dress the scene of revels loud | S |
I cannot pass the ev'ning hours | N |
Among the noisy village croud | S |
For all in darkness and alone | D |
My mother sleeps beneath yon stone | D |
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XI | N |
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See how the stars begin to gleam | T |
The sheep dog barks 'tis time to go | U |
The night fly hums the moonlight beam | T |
Peeps through the yew tree's shadowy row | U |
It falls upon the white grave stone | D |
Where my dear mother sleeps alone | D |
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XII | N |
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O stay me not for I must go | U |
The upland path in haste to tread | S |
For there the pale primroses grow | U |
They grow to dress my mother's bed | S |
They must ere peep of day be strown | D |
Where she lies mould'ring all alone | D |
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XIII | N |
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My father o'er the stormy sea | N |
To distant lands was borne away | C |
And still my mother stay'd with me | N |
And wept by night and toil'd by day | C |
And shall I ever quit the stone | D |
Where she is left to sleep alone | D |
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XIV | I |
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My father died and still I found | S |
My mother fond and kind to me | N |
I felt her breast with rapture bound | S |
When first I prattled on her knee | N |
And then she blest my infant tone | D |
And little thought of yon grave stone | D |
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XV | I |
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No more her gentle voice I hear | V |
No more her smile of fondness see | N |
Then wonder not I shed the tear | G |
She would have DIED to follow me | N |
And yet she sleeps beneath yon stone | D |
And I STILL LIVE to weep alone | D |
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XVI | I |
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The playful kid she lov'd so well | W |
From yon high clift was seen to fall | X |
I heard afar his tink'ling bell | W |
Which seem'd in vain for aid to call | X |
I heard the harmless suff'rer moan | D |
And grieved that he was left alone | D |
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XVII | I |
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Our faithful dog grew mad and died | S |
The lightning smote our cottage low | U |
We had no resting place beside | S |
And knew not whither we should go | U |
For we were poor and hearts of stone | D |
Will never throb at mis'ry's groan | D |
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XVIII | I |
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My mother still surviv'd for me | N |
She led me to the mountain's brow | Y |
She watch'd me while at yonder tree | N |
I sat and wove the ozier bough | Y |
And oft she cried fear not MINE OWN | D |
Thou shalt not BOY be left ALONE | D |
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XXI | N |
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The blast blew strong the torrent rose | N |
And bore our shatter'd cot away | C |
And where the clear brook swiftly flows | N |
Upon the turf at dawn of day | C |
When bright the sun's full lustre shone | D |
I wander'd FRIENDLESS and ALONE | D |
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XX | N |
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Thou art not boy for I have seen | D |
Thy tiny footsteps print the dew | S |
And while the morning sky serene | D |
Spread o'er the hill a yellow hue | S |
I heard thy sad and plaintive moan | D |
Beside the cold sepulchral stone | D |
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XXI | N |
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And when the summer noontide hours | N |
With scorching rays the landscape spread | S |
I mark'd thee weaving fragrant flow'rs | N |
To deck thy mother's silent bed | S |
Nor at the church yard's simple stone | D |
Wert thou poor Urchin left alone | D |
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XXII | N |
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I follow'd thee along the dale | F |
And up the woodland's shad'wy way | C |
I heard thee tell thy mournful tale | F |
As slowly sunk the star of day | C |
Nor when its twinkling light had flown | D |
Wert thou a wand'rer all alone | D |
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XXIII | N |
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O yes I was and still shall be | N |
A wand'rer mourning and forlorn | D |
For what is all the world to me | N |
What are the dews and buds of morn | D |
Since she who left me sad alone | D |
In darkness sleeps beneath yon stone | D |
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XXIV | I |
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No brother's tear shall fall for me | N |
For I no brother ever knew | S |
No friend shall weep my destiny | N |
For friends are scarce and tears are few | S |
None do I see save on this stone | D |
Where I will stay and weep alone | D |
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XXV | S |
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My Father never will return | D |
He rests beneath the sea green wave | S |
I have no kindred left to mourn | D |
When I am hid in yonder grave | S |
Not one to dress with flow'rs the stone | D |
Then surely I AM LEFT ALONE | D |
Mary Darby Robinson
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