The Girdle Of Friendship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL| SHE gathered at her slender waist | A |
| The beauteous robe she wore | B |
| Its folds a golden belt embraced | A |
| One rose hued gem it bore | B |
| - | |
| The girdle shrank its lessening round | C |
| Still kept the shining gem | D |
| But now her flowing locks it bound | C |
| A lustrous diadem | D |
| - | |
| And narrower still the circlet grew | E |
| Behold a glittering band | F |
| Its roseate diamond set anew | E |
| Her neck's white column spanned | F |
| - | |
| Suns rise and set the straining clasp | G |
| The shortened links resist | H |
| Yet flashes in a bracelet's grasp | G |
| The diamond on her wrist | H |
| - | |
| At length the round of changes past | I |
| The thieving years could bring | J |
| The jewel glittering to the last | I |
| Still sparkles in a ring | J |
| - | |
| So link by link our friendships part | K |
| So loosen break and fall | L |
| A narrowing zone the loving heart | K |
| Lives changeless through them all | L |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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