Memory And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDC EE FCDC GG HCDC II JCDC KK LCDC| O memory where is now my youth | A |
| Who used to say that life was truth | A |
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| I saw him in a crumbled cot | B |
| Beneath a tottering tree | C |
| That he as phantom lingers there | D |
| Is only known to me | C |
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| O Memory where is now my joy | E |
| Who lived with me in sweet employ | E |
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| I saw him in gaunt gardens lone | F |
| Where laughter used to be | C |
| That he as phantom wanders there | D |
| Is known to none but me | C |
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| O Memory where is now my hope | G |
| Who charged with deeds my skill and scope | G |
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| I saw her in a tomb of tomes | H |
| Where dreams are wont to be | C |
| That she as spectre haunteth there | D |
| Is only known to me | C |
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| O Memory where is now my faith | I |
| One time a champion now a wraith | I |
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| I saw her in a ravaged aisle | J |
| Bowed down on bended knee | C |
| That her poor ghost outflickers there | D |
| Is known to none but me | C |
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| O Memory where is now my love | K |
| That rayed me as a god above | K |
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| I saw him by an ageing shape | L |
| Where beauty used to be | C |
| That his fond phantom lingers there | D |
| Is only known to me | C |
Thomas Hardy
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