"i Have Lived With Shades" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDEFFE A GHHGIJJK A LMMJNJON PJJQRJJJ STTSU J VJ J IJ WJ X IJ YJ Z IJ A2J F IJ J B2 IJ| I | A |
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| I have lived with shades so long | B |
| And talked to them so oft | C |
| Since forth from cot and croft | C |
| I went mankind among | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That sometimes they | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp In their dim style | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Will pause awhile | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To hear my say | E |
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| II | A |
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| And take me by the hand | G |
| And lead me through their rooms | H |
| In the To be where Dooms | H |
| Half wove and shapeless stand | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And show from there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The dwindled dust | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And rot and rust | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of things that were | K |
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| III | A |
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| quot Now turn quot spake they to me | L |
| One day quot Look whence we came | M |
| And signify his name | M |
| Who gazes thence at thee quot | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp quot Nor name nor race | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Know I or can quot | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I said quot Of man | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp So commonplace | N |
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| IV | - |
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| quot He moves me not at all | P |
| I note no ray or jot | J |
| Of rareness in his lot | J |
| Or star exceptional | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Into the dim | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Dead throngs around | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp He'll sink nor sound | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Be left of him quot | J |
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| V | - |
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| quot Yet quot said they quot his frail speech | S |
| Hath accents pitched like thine | T |
| Thy mould and his define | T |
| A likeness each to each | S |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp But go Deep pain | U |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Alas would be | - |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp His name to thee | - |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And told in vain quot | J |
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| quot O memory where is now my youth | V |
| Who used to say that life was truth quot | J |
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| quot I saw him in a crumbled cot | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Beneath a tottering tree | - |
| That he as phantom lingers there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Is only known to me quot | J |
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| quot O Memory where is now my joy | W |
| Who lived with me in sweet employ quot | J |
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| quot I saw him in gaunt gardens lone | X |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where laughter used to be | - |
| That he as phantom wanders there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Is known to none but me quot | J |
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| quot O Memory where is now my hope | Y |
| Who charged with deeds my skill and scope quot | J |
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| quot I saw her in a tomb of tomes | Z |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where dreams are wont to be | - |
| That she as spectre haunteth there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Is only known to me quot | J |
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| quot O Memory where is now my faith | A2 |
| One time a champion now a wraith quot | J |
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| quot I saw her in a ravaged aisle | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Bowed down on bended knee | - |
| That her poor ghost outflickers there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Is known to none but me quot | J |
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| quot O Memory where is now my love | - |
| That rayed me as a god above quot | J |
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| quot I saw him by an ageing shape | B2 |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where beauty used to be | - |
| That his fond phantom lingers there | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Is only known to me quot | J |
Thomas Hardy
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