Imogen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDBD EFEFFGEG HIHIIJHJ| A Lady of Tender Age | A |
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| Ladies where were your bright eyes glancing | B |
| Where were they glancing yester night | C |
| Saw ye Imogen dancing dancing | B |
| Imogen dancing all in white | C |
| Laughed she not with a pure delight | C |
| Laughed she not with a joy serene | D |
| Stepped she not with a grace entrancing | B |
| Slenderly girt in silken sheen | D |
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| All through the night from dusk to daytime | E |
| Under her feet the hours were swift | F |
| Under her feet the hours of play time | E |
| Rose and fell with a rhythmic lift | F |
| Music set her adrift adrift | F |
| Music eddying towards the day | G |
| Swept her along as brooks in May time | E |
| Carry the freshly falling May | G |
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| Ladies life is a changing measure | H |
| Youth is a lilt that endeth soon | I |
| Pluck ye never so fast at pleasure | H |
| Twilight follows the longest noon | I |
| Nay but here is a lasting boon | I |
| Life for hearts that are old and chill | J |
| Youth undying for hearts that treasure | H |
| Imogen dancing dancing still | J |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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