Sonnet 05 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDECFGHIJH| When hearts are full of yearning tenderness | A |
| For the loved absent whom we can not reach | B |
| By deed or token gesture or kind speech | B |
| The spirit's true affection to express | C |
| When hearts are full of innermost distress | C |
| And we are doomed to stand inactive by | D |
| Watching the soul's or body's agony | E |
| Which human effort helps not to make less | C |
| Then like a cup capacious to contain | F |
| The overflowings of the heart is prayer | G |
| The longing of the souls is satisfied | H |
| The keenest darts of anguish blunted are | I |
| And though we can not cease to yearn or grieve | J |
| Yet we have learned in patience to abide | H |
Richard Chenevix Trench
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