Tess's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBBCDDDC A EEEFGGGF A HHIJKKLM NNNOFFFO F PPPQRRRQ SSSTUUUF| I | A |
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| I would that folk forgot me quite | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Forgot me quite | B |
| I would that I could shrink from sight | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And no more see the sun | C |
| Would it were time to say farewell | D |
| To claim my nook to need my knell | D |
| Time for them all to stand and tell | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Of my day's work as done | C |
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| II | A |
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| Ah dairy where I lived so long | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I lived so long | E |
| Where I would rise up stanch and strong | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And lie down hopefully | F |
| 'Twas there within the chimney seat | G |
| He watched me to the clock's slow beat | G |
| Loved me and learnt to call me sweet | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And whispered words to me | F |
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| III | A |
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| And now he's gone and now he's gone | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And now he's gone | H |
| The flowers we potted p'rhaps are thrown | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To rot upon the farm | J |
| And where we had our supper fire | K |
| May now grow nettle dock and briar | K |
| And all the place be mould and mire | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp So cozy once and warm | M |
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| IV | - |
| - | |
| And it was I who did it all | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Who did it all | N |
| 'Twas I who made the blow to fall | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp On him who thought no guile | O |
| Well it is finished past and he | F |
| Has left me to my misery | F |
| And I must take my Cross on me | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp For wronging him awhile | O |
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| V | F |
| - | |
| How gay we looked that day we wed | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That day we wed | P |
| May joy be with ye all o'm said | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A standing by the durn | Q |
| I wonder what they say o's now | R |
| And if they know my lot and how | R |
| She feels who milks my favourite cow | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And takes my place at churn | Q |
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| VI | - |
| - | |
| It wears me out to think of it | S |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To think of it | S |
| I cannot bear my fate as writ | S |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I'd have my life unbe | T |
| Would turn my memory to a blot | U |
| Make every relic of me rot | U |
| My doings be as they were not | U |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And what they've brought to me | F |
Thomas Hardy
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