Roses And Rue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEF GGHH IIJJ KKLL MMBB BBNN OOGG IPQQ RRFF SSTU VVFF OOWW XYY EFDD ZZA2A2 QQAA| To L L | A |
| - | |
| Could we dig up this long buried treasure | B |
| Were it worth the pleasure | B |
| We never could learn love's song | C |
| We are parted too long | C |
| - | |
| Could the passionate past that is fled | D |
| Call back its dead | D |
| Could we live it all over again | E |
| Were it worth the pain | F |
| - | |
| I remember we used to meet | G |
| By an ivied seat | G |
| And you warbled each pretty word | H |
| With the air of a bird | H |
| - | |
| And your voice had a quaver in it | I |
| Just like a linnet | I |
| And shook as the blackbird's throat | J |
| With its last big note | J |
| - | |
| And your eyes they were green and grey | K |
| Like an April day | K |
| But lit into amethyst | L |
| When I stooped and kissed | L |
| - | |
| And your mouth it would never smile | M |
| For a long long while | M |
| Then it rippled all over with laughter | B |
| Five minutes after | B |
| - | |
| You were always afraid of a shower | B |
| Just like a flower | B |
| I remember you started and ran | N |
| When the rain began | N |
| - | |
| I remember I never could catch you | O |
| For no one could match you | O |
| You had wonderful luminous fleet | G |
| Little wings to your feet | G |
| - | |
| I remember your hair did I tie it | I |
| For it always ran riot | P |
| Like a tangled sunbeam of gold | Q |
| These things are old | Q |
| - | |
| I remember so well the room | R |
| And the lilac bloom | R |
| That beat at the dripping pane | F |
| In the warm June rain | F |
| - | |
| And the colour of your gown | S |
| It was amber brown | S |
| And two yellow satin bows | T |
| From your shoulders rose | U |
| - | |
| And the handkerchief of French lace | V |
| Which you held to your face | V |
| Had a small tear left a stain | F |
| Or was it the rain | F |
| - | |
| On your hand as it waved adieu | O |
| There were veins of blue | O |
| In your voice as it said good bye | W |
| Was a petulant cry | W |
| - | |
| 'You have only wasted your life ' | - |
| Ah that was the knife | X |
| When I rushed through the garden gate | Y |
| It was all too late | Y |
| - | |
| Could we live it over again | E |
| Were it worth the pain | F |
| Could the passionate past that is fled | D |
| Call back its dead | D |
| - | |
| Well if my heart must break | Z |
| Dear love for your sake | Z |
| It will break in music I know | A2 |
| Poets' hearts break so | A2 |
| - | |
| But strange that I was not told | Q |
| That the brain can hold | Q |
| In a tiny ivory cell | A |
| God's heaven and hell | A |
Oscar Wilde
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