I Knew A Lady (club Song) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDE FGGF HGGH| I knew a lady when the days | A |
| Grew long and evenings goldened | B |
| But I was not emboldened | B |
| By her prompt eyes and winning ways | A |
| - | |
| And when old Winter nipt the haws | C |
| Another's wife I'll be | D |
| And then you'll care for me | D |
| She said and think how sweet I was | E |
| - | |
| And soon she shone as another's wife | F |
| As such I often met her | G |
| And sighed How I regret her | G |
| My folly cuts me like a knife | F |
| - | |
| And then to day her husband came | H |
| And moaned Why did you flout her | G |
| Well could I do without her | G |
| For both our burdens you are to blame | H |
Thomas Hardy
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