To Miss Cornish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DEDFGFGE HAHAIAIA| THEY tell me lady that to day | A |
| On that unknown Australian strand | B |
| Some time ago so far away | A |
| Another lady joined the band | B |
| She joined the company of those | C |
| Lovelily dowered nobly planned | B |
| Who smiling still forgive their foes | C |
| And keep their friends in close command | B |
| - | |
| She lady as I learn was one | D |
| Among the many rarely good | E |
| And destined still to be a sun | D |
| Through every dark and rainy mood | F |
| She as they told me far had come | G |
| By sea and land o'er many a rood | F |
| Admired by all beloved by some | G |
| She was yourself I understood | E |
| - | |
| But compliment apart and free | H |
| From all constraint of verses may | A |
| Goodness and honour grace and glee | H |
| Attend you ever on your way | A |
| Up to the measure of your will | I |
| Beyond all power of mine to say | A |
| As she and I desire you still | I |
| Miss Cornish on your natal day | A |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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