Poet Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

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The Clock Of The Years Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEEB FGHIIF JKBLLJ MGNOOP JQRSSJ

A spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood upA
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And the Spirit saidB
I can make the clock of the years go backwardC
But am loth to stop it where you willD
And I cried AgreedE
To that ProceedE
It's better than deadB
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He answered PeaceF
And called her up as last before meG
Then younger younger she freshed to the yearH
I first had knownI
Her woman grownI
And I cried CeaseF
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Thus far is goodJ
It is enough let her stay thus alwaysK
But alas for me He shook his headB
No stop was thereL
And she waned child fairL
And to babyhoodJ
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Still less in mienM
To my great sorrow became she slowlyG
And smalled till she was nought at allN
In his checkless griffO
And it was as ifO
She had never beenP
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Better I plainedJ
She were dead as before The memory of herQ
Had lived in me but it cannot nowR
And coldly his voiceS
It was your choiceS
To mar the ordainedJ
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