A Church Romance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDB BCCB EFFEGH| MELLSTOCK circa | A |
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| She turned in the high pew until her sight | B |
| Swept the west gallery and caught its row | C |
| Of music men with viol book and bow | D |
| Against the sinking sad tower window light | B |
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| She turned again and in her pride's despite | B |
| One strenuous viol's inspirer seemed to throw | C |
| A message from his string to her below | C |
| Which said I claim thee as my own forthright | B |
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| Thus their hearts' bond began in due time signed | E |
| And long years thence when Age had scared Romance | F |
| At some old attitude of his or glance | F |
| That gallery scene would break upon her mind | E |
| With him as minstrel ardent young and trim | G |
| Bowing New Sabbath or Mount Ephraim | H |
Thomas Hardy
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