Absence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIJI| 'Tis not the loss of love's assurance | A |
| It is not doubting what thou art | B |
| But 'tis the too too long endurance | A |
| Of absence that afflicts my heart | B |
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| The fondest thoughts two hearts can cherish | C |
| When each is lonely doom'd to weep | D |
| Are fruits on desert isles that perish | C |
| Or riches buried in the deep | D |
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| What though untouch'd by jealous madness | E |
| Our bosom's peace may fall to wreck | F |
| Th' undoubting heart that breaks with sadness | E |
| Is but more slowly doom'd to break | G |
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| Absence is not the soul torn by it | H |
| From more than light or life or breath | I |
| 'Tis Lethe's gloom but not its quiet | J |
| The pain without the peace of death | I |
Thomas Campbell
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