Broken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCDEEEFCCFEGCHCE A BFIFIEFFJKHJEGFHFE A BLBLBEMMNOONEGPGPE G BNFNFEEEQGGQERNRNE| I | A |
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| Broken | B |
| It's only a ring a plain old ring | C |
| Worn down to a thread almost | D |
| Fling it away the useless thing | C |
| What value now can it boast | D |
| Fling it away | E |
| Yet stay oh stay | E |
| Ere you cast it away | E |
| There's a tale of the vanished years | F |
| That ever will cling | C |
| To that broken ring | C |
| That hallows and endears | F |
| Oh stay | E |
| In vain in vain What matters it now | G |
| That tenderest memories cling | C |
| To that thread of gold so wasted and old | H |
| Who cares for a broken ring | C |
| Fling it away | E |
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| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Broken | B |
| It's only a vase an old stone vase | F |
| Ancient and out of style | I |
| That has stood for years in the chimney place | F |
| Provoking many a smile | I |
| Throw it away | E |
| Yet stay that vase | F |
| Held honored place | F |
| In the sight of prince and peer | J |
| And the flowers it held | K |
| Were gathered of old | H |
| By the lovely and the dear | J |
| Oh stay | E |
| In vain In vain What matters it now | G |
| How honored was once its place | F |
| It is broken and old and the hearts are cold | H |
| That cherished the old stone vase | F |
| Throw it away | E |
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| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Broken | B |
| It's only a promise as light as air | L |
| Though earnestly solemnly given | B |
| Made to be broken yet who should care | L |
| Do you think it was heard in Heaven | B |
| Break it to day | E |
| Yet stay that breath | M |
| Is a blast of death | M |
| To an innocent human heart | N |
| Unsay the word | O |
| For God has heard | O |
| And He taketh the wronged one's part | N |
| Break it not to day | E |
| In vain in vain What matters it now | G |
| It was only a breath no more | P |
| A faithless promise a traitor's vow | G |
| Such things have happened before | P |
| It's broken to day | E |
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| - | |
| IV | G |
| - | |
| Broken | B |
| It's only a heart a human heart | N |
| That has throbbed for years and years | F |
| With the burning pain and the cruel smart | N |
| Whose agony knows no tears | F |
| Cast it away' | E |
| Yet stay oh stay | E |
| A father grey | E |
| And sorrowful prayed for her long | Q |
| And a mother's love | G |
| Bore to God above | G |
| The tale of her poor childs wrong | Q |
| Cast it not away | E |
| In vain 'Tis a story old and worn | R |
| This story of falsehood's art | N |
| Of the harsh world's withering blight and scorn | R |
| Who cares for the broken heart | N |
| That's been cast away | E |
Pamela S. Vining, (j. C. Yule)
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