Broken Tryst Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDCD EFEF GGHH GGII| Waiting in the woodland watching for my sweet | A |
| Thinking every leaf that stirs the coming of her feet | A |
| Thinking every whisper the rustle of her gown | B |
| How my heart goes up and up and then goes down and down | B |
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| First it is a squirrel then it is a dove | C |
| Then a red fox feather soft and footed like a dream | D |
| All the woodland fools me promising my love | C |
| I think I hear her talking 'tis but the running stream | D |
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| Vowelled talking water mimicking her voice | E |
| O how she promised she'd surely come to day | F |
| There she comes she comes at last O heart of mine rejoice | E |
| Nothing but a flight of birds winging on their way | F |
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| Lonely grows the afternoon empty grows the world | G |
| Day's bright banners in the west one by one are furled | G |
| Sadly sinks the lingering sun that like a lover rose | H |
| One by one each woodland thing loses heart and goes | H |
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| Back along the woodland all the day is dead | G |
| All the green has turned to gray and all the gold to lead | G |
| O 'tis bitter cruel sweet to treat a lover so | I |
| If only I were half a man I'd let the baggage go | I |
Richard Le Gallienne
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