Once We Played Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGHG DIDD AJAJ| ONCE we played at love together | A |
| Played it smartly if you please | B |
| Lightly as a windblown feather | A |
| Did we stake a heart apiece | C |
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| Oh it was delicious fooling | D |
| In the hottest of the game | E |
| Without thought of future cooling | D |
| All too quickly burned Life's flame | E |
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| In this give and take of glances | F |
| Kisses sweet as honey dews | G |
| When we played with equal chances | H |
| Did you win or did I lose | G |
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| Was your heart then hurt to bleeding | D |
| In the ardour of the throw | I |
| Was it then I lost unheeding | D |
| Lost my heart so long ago | D |
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| Who shall say The game is over | A |
| Of us two who loved in fun | J |
| One lies low beneath the clover | A |
| One lies lonely in the sun | J |
Mathilde Blind
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