The Ghost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACDE FGAG DHFI ABAB| I went back to the clanging city | A |
| I went back where my old loves stayed | B |
| But my heart was full of my new love's glory | A |
| My eyes were laughing and unafraid | B |
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| I met one who had loved me madly | A |
| And told his love for all to hear | C |
| But we talked of a thousand things together | D |
| The past was buried too deep to fear | E |
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| I met the other whose love was given | F |
| With never a kiss and scarcely a word | G |
| Oh it was then the terror took me | A |
| Of words unuttered that breathed and stirred | G |
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| Oh love that lives its life with laughter | D |
| Or love that lives its life with tears | H |
| Can die but love that is never spoken | F |
| Goes like a ghost through the winding years | I |
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| I went back to the clanging city | A |
| I went back where my old loves stayed | B |
| My heart was full of my new love's glory | A |
| But my eyes were suddenly afraid | B |
Sara Teasdale
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