Elegy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFDDGG HIHIJJKG| I HAVE lov'd flowers that fade | A |
| Within whose magic tents | B |
| Rich hues have marriage made | A |
| With sweet unmemoried scents | B |
| A honeymoon delight | C |
| A joy of love at sight | C |
| That ages in an hour | D |
| My song be like a flower | D |
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| I have lov'd airs that die | E |
| Before their charm is writ | F |
| Along a liquid sky | E |
| Trembling to welcome it | F |
| Notes that with pulse of fire | D |
| Proclaim the spirit 's desire | D |
| Then die and are nowhere | G |
| My song be like an air | G |
| - | |
| Die song die like a breath | H |
| And wither as a bloom | I |
| Fear not a flowery death | H |
| Dread not an airy tomb | I |
| Fly with delight fly hence | J |
| 'T was thine love's tender sense | J |
| To feast now on thy bier | K |
| Beauty shall shed a tear | G |
Robert Seymour Bridges
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