Cross-currents Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML| They parted a pallid trembling I pair | A |
| And rushing down the lane | B |
| He left her lonely near me there | A |
| I asked her of their pain | B |
| - | |
| It is for ever at length she said | C |
| His friends have schemed it so | D |
| That the long purposed day to wed | C |
| Never shall we two know | D |
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| In such a cruel case said I | E |
| Love will contrive a course | F |
| Well no A thing may underlie | E |
| Which robs that of its force | F |
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| A thing I could not tell him of | G |
| Though all the year I have tried | H |
| This never could I have given him love | G |
| Even had I been his bride | H |
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| So when his kinsfolk stop the way | I |
| Point blank there could not be | J |
| A happening in the world to day | I |
| More opportune for me | J |
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| Yet hear no doubt to your surprise | K |
| I am sorry for his sake | L |
| That I have escaped the sacrifice | M |
| I was prepared to make | L |
Thomas Hardy
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