I Will Not Let Thee Go Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA ACACA ADADA AEAEA AFGFA AHAIA AJAJA| I will not let thee go | A |
| Ends all our month long love in this | B |
| Can it be summed up so | A |
| Quit in a single kiss | B |
| I will not let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| If thy words' breath could scare thy deeds | C |
| As the soft south can blow | A |
| And toss the feathered seeds | C |
| Then might I let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| Had not the great sun seen I might | D |
| Or were he reckoned slow | A |
| To bring the false to light | D |
| Then might I let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| The stars that crowd the summer skies | E |
| Have watched us so below | A |
| With all their million eyes | E |
| I dare not let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| Have we chid the changeful moon | F |
| Now rising late and now | G |
| Because she set too soon | F |
| And shall I let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| Have not the young flowers been content | H |
| Plucked ere their buds could blow | A |
| To seal our sacrament | I |
| I cannot let thee go | A |
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| I will not let thee go | A |
| I hold thee by too many bands | J |
| Thou sayest farewell and lo | A |
| I have thee by the hands | J |
| And will not let thee go | A |
Robert Seymour Bridges
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