A Man (in Memory Of H. Of M.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDB A BBBEB A FCCGF E HIIBH E CJJCC E CBBIC E CCCKC

IA
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In Casterbridge there stood a noble pileB
Wrought with pilaster bay and balustradeC
In tactful times when shrewd Eliza swayedC
nbsp nbsp nbsp On burgher squire and clownD
It smiled the long street down for near a mileB
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IIA
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But evil days beset that domicileB
The stately beauties of its roof and wallB
Passed into sordid hands Condemned to fallB
nbsp nbsp nbsp Were cornice quoin and coveE
And all that art had wove in antique styleB
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IIIA
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Among the hired dismantlers entered thereF
One till the moment of his task untoldC
When charged therewith he gazed and answered boldC
nbsp nbsp nbsp Be needy I or noG
I will not help lay low a house so fairF
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IVE
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Hunger is hard But since the terms be suchH
No wage or labour stained with the disgraceI
Of wrecking what our age cannot replaceI
nbsp nbsp nbsp To save its tasteless soulB
I'll do without your dole Life is not muchH
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VE
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Dismissed with sneers he backed his tools and wentC
And wandered workless for it seemed unwiseJ
To close with one who dared to criticizeJ
nbsp nbsp nbsp And carp on points of tasteC
To work where they were placed rude men were meantC
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VIE
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Years whiled He aged sank sickened and was notC
And it was said A man intractableB
And curst is gone None sighed to hear his knellB
nbsp nbsp nbsp None sought his churchyard placeI
His name his rugged face were soon forgotC
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VIIE
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The stones of that fair hall lie far and wideC
And but a few recall its ancient mouldC
Yet when I pass the spot I long to holdC
nbsp nbsp nbsp As truth what fancy saithK
His protest lives where deathless things abideC

Thomas Hardy



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