"between Us Now" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDC EFEFGGGH IJIJKKKL| Between us now and here | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Two thrown together | B |
| Who are not wont to wear | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Life's flushest feather | B |
| Who see the scenes slide past | D |
| The daytimes dimming fast | D |
| Let there be truth at last | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Even if despair | C |
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| So thoroughly and long | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Have you now known me | F |
| So real in faith and strong | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Have I now shown me | F |
| That nothing needs disguise | G |
| Further in any wise | G |
| Or asks or justifies | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A guarded tongue | H |
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| Face unto face then say | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Eyes mine own meeting | J |
| Is your heart far away | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Or with mine beating | J |
| When false things are brought low | K |
| And swift things have grown slow | K |
| Feigning like froth shall go | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Faith be for aye | L |
Thomas Hardy
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