She Revisits Alone The Church Of Her Marriage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDBAB ACEECFCAC ABGGBCBAB ABHHBFBAB| I have come to the church and chancel | A |
| Where all's the same | B |
| Brighter and larger in my dreams | C |
| Truly it shaped than now meseems | C |
| Is its substantial frame | B |
| But anyhow I made my vow | D |
| Whether for praise or blame | B |
| Here in this church and chancel | A |
| Where all's the same | B |
| - | |
| Where touched the check floored chancel | A |
| My knees and his | C |
| The step looks shyly at the sun | E |
| And says 'Twas here the thing was done | E |
| For bale or else for bliss | C |
| Of all those there I least was ware | F |
| Would it be that or this | C |
| When touched the check floored chancel | A |
| My knees and his | C |
| - | |
| Here in this fateful chancel | A |
| Where all's the same | B |
| I thought the culminant crest of life | G |
| Was reached when I went forth the wife | G |
| I was not when I came | B |
| Each commonplace one of my race | C |
| Some say has such an aim | B |
| To go from a fateful chancel | A |
| As not the same | B |
| - | |
| Here through this hoary chancel | A |
| Where all's the same | B |
| A thrill a gaiety even ranged | H |
| That morning when it seemed I changed | H |
| My nature with my name | B |
| Though now not fair though gray my hair | F |
| He loved me past proclaim | B |
| Here in this hoary chancel | A |
| Where all's the same | B |
Thomas Hardy
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