On The Tune Called The Old-hundred-and-fourth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAB DECDE AFCAF GGCGG| We never sang together | A |
| Ravenscroft's terse old tune | B |
| On Sundays or on weekdays | C |
| In sharp or summer weather | A |
| At night time or at noon | B |
| - | |
| Why did we never sing it | D |
| Why never so incline | E |
| On Sundays or on weekdays | C |
| Even when soft wafts would wing it | D |
| From your far floor to mine | E |
| - | |
| Shall we that tune then never | A |
| Stand voicing side by side | F |
| On Sundays or on weekdays | C |
| Or shall we when for ever | A |
| In Sheol we abide | F |
| - | |
| Sing it in desolation | G |
| As we might long have done | G |
| On Sundays or on weekdays | C |
| With love and exultation | G |
| Before our sands had run | G |
Thomas Hardy
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