Forever Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH ABHB| I had not known before | A |
| Forever was so long a word | B |
| The slow stroke of the clock of time | C |
| I had not heard | B |
| - | |
| 'Tis hard to learn so late | D |
| It seems no sad heart really learns | E |
| But hopes and trusts and doubts and fears | F |
| And bleeds and burns | E |
| - | |
| The night is not all dark | G |
| Nor is the day all it seems | H |
| But each may bring me this relief | I |
| My dreams and dreams | H |
| - | |
| I had not known before | A |
| That Never was so sad a word | B |
| So wrap me in forgetfulness | H |
| I have not heard | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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