Desertion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFGG HHIJKKEE| So light we were so right we were so fair faith shone | A |
| And the way was laid so certainly that when I'd gone | B |
| What dumb thing looked up at you Was it something heard | C |
| Or a sudden cry that meekly and without a word | C |
| You broke the faith and strangely weakly slipped apart | D |
| You gave in you the proud of heart unbowed of heart | D |
| Was this friend the end of all that we could do | E |
| And have you found the best for you the rest for you | E |
| Did you learn so suddenly and I not by | F |
| Some whispered story that stole the glory from the sky | F |
| And ended all the splendid dream and made you go | G |
| So dully from the fight we know the light we know | G |
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| O faithless the faith remains and I must pass | H |
| Gay down the way and on alone Under the grass | H |
| You wait the breeze moves in the trees and stirs and calls | I |
| And covers you with white petals with light petals | J |
| There it shall crumble frail and fair under the sun | K |
| O little heart your brittle heart till day be done | K |
| And the shadows gather falling light and white with dew | E |
| Whisper and weep and creep to you Good sleep to you | E |
Rupert Brooke
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