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 DSDSDD

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Ah wherefore by the Church yard sideB
Poor little LORN ONE dost thou strayC
Thy wavy locks but thinly hideB
The tears that dim thy blue eye's rayC
And wherefore dost thou sigh and moanD
And weep that thou art left aloneD
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IIA
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Thou art not left alone poor boyE
The Trav'ller stops to hear thy taleF
No heart so hard would thee annoyE
For tho' thy mother's cheek is paleF
And withers under yon grave stoneD
Thou art not Urchin left aloneD
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IIIA
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I know thee well thy yellow hairG
In silky waves I oft have seenH
Thy dimpled face so fresh and fairG
Thy roguish smile thy playful mienH
Were all to me poor Orphan knownD
Ere Fate had left thee all aloneD
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IVI
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Thy russet coat is scant and tornJ
Thy cheek is now grown deathly paleF
Thy eyes are dim thy looks forlornJ
And bare thy bosom meets the galeF
And oft I hear thee deeply groanD
That thou poor boy art left aloneD
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VI
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Thy naked feet are wounded soreK
With thorns that cross thy daily roadL
The winter winds around thee roarK
The church yard is thy bleak abodeL
Thy pillow now a cold grave stoneD
And there thou lov'st to grieve aloneD
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VII
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The rain has drench'd thee all night longM
The nipping frost thy bosom frozeN
And still the yewtree shades amongO
I heard thee sigh thy artless woesN
I heard thee till the day star shoneD
In darkness weep and weep aloneD
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VIII
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Oft have I seen thee little boyE
Upon thy lovely mother's kneeI
For when she liv'd thou wert her joyE
Though now a mourner thou must beI
For she lies low where yon grave stoneD
Proclaims that thou art left aloneD
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VIIII
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Weep weep no more on yonder hillP
The village bells are ringing gayC
The merry reed and brawling rillP
Call thee to rustic sports awayC
Then wherefore weep and sigh and moanD
A truant from the throng aloneD
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IXN
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I cannot the green hill ascendQ
I cannot pace the upland meadR
I cannot in the vale attendQ
To hear the merry sounding reedR
For all is still beneath yon stoneD
Where my poor mother's left aloneD
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XN
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I cannot gather gaudy flowersN
To dress the scene of revels loudS
I cannot pass the ev'ning hoursN
Among the noisy village croudS
For all in darkness and aloneD
My mother sleeps beneath yon stoneD
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XIN
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See how the stars begin to gleamT
The sheep dog barks 'tis time to goU
The night fly hums the moonlight beamT
Peeps through the yew tree's shadowy rowU
It falls upon the white grave stoneD
Where my dear mother sleeps aloneD
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XIIN
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O stay me not for I must goU
The upland path in haste to treadS
For there the pale primroses growU
They grow to dress my mother's bedS
They must ere peep of day be strownD
Where she lies mould'ring all aloneD
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XIIIN
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My father o'er the stormy seaN
To distant lands was borne awayC
And still my mother stay'd with meN
And wept by night and toil'd by dayC
And shall I ever quit the stoneD
Where she is left to sleep aloneD
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XIVI
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My father died and still I foundS
My mother fond and kind to meN
I felt her breast with rapture boundS
When first I prattled on her kneeN
And then she blest my infant toneD
And little thought of yon grave stoneD
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XVI
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No more her gentle voice I hearV
No more her smile of fondness seeN
Then wonder not I shed the tearG
She would have DIED to follow meN
And yet she sleeps beneath yon stoneD
And I STILL LIVE to weep aloneD
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XVII
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The playful kid she lov'd so wellW
From yon high clift was seen to fallX
I heard afar his tink'ling bellW
Which seem'd in vain for aid to callX
I heard the harmless suff'rer moanD
And grieved that he was left aloneD
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XVIII
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Our faithful dog grew mad and diedS
The lightning smote our cottage lowU
We had no resting place besideS
And knew not whither we should goU
For we were poor and hearts of stoneD
Will never throb at mis'ry's groanD
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XVIIII
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My mother still surviv'd for meN
She led me to the mountain's browY
She watch'd me while at yonder treeN
I sat and wove the ozier boughY
And oft she cried fear not MINE OWND
Thou shalt not BOY be left ALONED
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XXIN
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The blast blew strong the torrent roseN
And bore our shatter'd cot awayC
And where the clear brook swiftly flowsN
Upon the turf at dawn of dayC
When bright the sun's full lustre shoneD
I wander'd FRIENDLESS and ALONED
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XXN
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Thou art not boy for I have seenD
Thy tiny footsteps print the dewS
And while the morning sky sereneD
Spread o'er the hill a yellow hueS
I heard thy sad and plaintive moanD
Beside the cold sepulchral stoneD
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XXIN
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And when the summer noontide hoursN
With scorching rays the landscape spreadS
I mark'd thee weaving fragrant flow'rsN
To deck thy mother's silent bedS
Nor at the church yard's simple stoneD
Wert thou poor Urchin left aloneD
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XXIIN
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I follow'd thee along the daleF
And up the woodland's shad'wy wayC
I heard thee tell thy mournful taleF
As slowly sunk the star of dayC
Nor when its twinkling light had flownD
Wert thou a wand'rer all aloneD
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XXIIIN
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O yes I was and still shall beN
A wand'rer mourning and forlornD
For what is all the world to meN
What are the dews and buds of mornD
Since she who left me sad aloneD
In darkness sleeps beneath yon stoneD
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XXIVI
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No brother's tear shall fall for meN
For I no brother ever knewS
No friend shall weep my destinyN
For friends are scarce and tears are fewS
None do I see save on this stoneD
Where I will stay and weep aloneD
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XXVS
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My Father never will returnD
He rests beneath the sea green waveS
I have no kindred left to mournD
When I am hid in yonder graveS
Not one to dress with flow'rs the stoneD
Then surely I AM LEFT ALONED

Mary Darby Robinson



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