The Rival Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIH JKLKGMNMMOPOQO| She failed me at the tryst | A |
| All the long afternoon | B |
| The golden day went by | C |
| Until the rising moon | B |
| But as I waited on | D |
| Turning my eyes about | E |
| Aching for sight of her | F |
| Until the stars came out | E |
| Maybe 'twas but a dream | G |
| There close against my face | H |
| Beauty am I said one | I |
| I come to take her place | H |
| - | |
| And then I understood | J |
| Why all the waiting through | K |
| The green had seemed so green | L |
| The blue had seemed so blue | K |
| The song of bird and stream | G |
| Had been so passing sweet | M |
| For all the coming not | N |
| Of her forgetful feet | M |
| And how my heart was tranced | M |
| For all its lonely ache | O |
| Gazing on mirrored rushes | P |
| Sky deep in the lake | O |
| Said Beauty Me you love | Q |
| You love her for my sake | O |
Richard Le Gallienne
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