Lonely Days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGHIEIECDCD JKJKEIEIILILEKMKEKEK NOKOEKEK E

Lonely her fate wasA
Environed from sightB
In the house where the gate wasA
Past finding at nightB
None there to share itC
No one to tellD
Long she'd to bear itC
And bore it wellD
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Elsewhere just so sheE
Spent many a dayF
Wishing to go sheE
Continued to stayF
And people withoutG
Basked warm in the airH
But none sought her outG
Or knew she was thereH
Even birthdays were passed soI
Sunny and shadyE
Years did it last soI
For this sad ladyE
Never declaring itC
No one to tellD
Still she kept bearing itC
Bore it wellD
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The days grew chillierJ
And then she wentK
To a city familiarJ
In years forespentK
When she walked gailyE
Far to and froI
But now moving fraillyE
Could nowhere goI
The cheerful colourI
Of houses she'd knownL
Had died to a dullerI
And dingier toneL
Streets were now noisyE
Where once had rolledK
A few quiet coachesM
Or citizens strolledK
Through the party wallE
Of the memoried spotK
They danced at a ballE
Who recalled her notK
Tramlines lay crossingN
Once gravelled slopesO
Metal rods clankedK
And electric ropesO
So she endured it allE
Thin thinner wroughtK
Until time cured it allE
And she knew noughtK
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Versified from a DiaryE

Thomas Hardy



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