Vengeance Is Sweet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFFGGHH| When I was young I longed for Love | A |
| And held his glory far above | A |
| All other earthly things I cried | B |
| Come Love dear Love with me abide | B |
| And with my subtlest art I wooed | C |
| And eagerly the wight pursued | C |
| But Love was gay and Love was shy | D |
| He laughed at me and passed me by | D |
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| Well I grew old and I grew gray | E |
| When Wealth came wending down my way | E |
| I took his golden hand with glee | F |
| And comrades from that day were we | F |
| Then Love came back with doleful face | G |
| And prayed that I would give him place | G |
| But though his eyes with tears were dim | H |
| I turned my back and laughed at him | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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