If I Could But Forget Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDADAAEEEEFAFAAE EGGHAHA| If I could but forget | A |
| The fullness of those first sweet days | B |
| When you burst sun like thro' the haze | B |
| Of unacquaintance on my sight | C |
| And made the wet gray day seem bright | C |
| While clouds themselves grew fair to see | D |
| And since no day is gray or wet | A |
| But all the scene comes back to me | D |
| If I could but forget | A |
| If I could but forget | A |
| How your dusk eyes look into mine | E |
| And how I thrilled as with strong wine | E |
| Beneath your touch while sped amain | E |
| The quickened stream thro' ev'ry vein | E |
| How near my breath fell to a gasp | F |
| When for a space our fingers met | A |
| In one electric vibrant clasp | F |
| If I could but forget | A |
| If I could but forget | A |
| The months of passion and of pain | E |
| And all that followed in their train | E |
| Rebellious thoughts that would arise | G |
| Rebellious tears that dimmed mine eyes | G |
| The prayers that I might set love's fire | H |
| Aflame within your bosom yet | A |
| The death at last of that desire | H |
| If I could but forget | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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