Indifference Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FBGB HIHI JKLK MNON| I must not say that thou wert true | A |
| Yet let me say that thou wert fair | B |
| And they that lovely face who view | A |
| They will not ask if truth be there | B |
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| Truth what is truth Two bleeding hearts | C |
| Wounded by men by Fortune tried | D |
| Outwearied with their lonely parts | C |
| Vow to beat henceforth side by side | D |
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| The world to then was stern and drear | B |
| Their lot was but to weep and moan | E |
| Ah let then keep their faith sincere | B |
| For neither could subsist alone | E |
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| But souls whom some benignant breath | F |
| Has charm'd at birth from gloom and care | B |
| These ask no love these plight no faith | G |
| For they are happy as they are | B |
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| The world to them may homage make | H |
| And garlands for their forehead weave | I |
| And what the world can give they take | H |
| But they bring more than they receive | I |
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| They smile upon the world their ears | J |
| To one demand alone are coy | K |
| They will not give us love and tears | L |
| They bring us light and warmth and joy | K |
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| It was not love that heav'd thy breast | M |
| Fair child it was the bliss within | N |
| Adieu and say that one at least | O |
| Was just to what he did not win | N |
Matthew Arnold
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