The Dame Of Athelhall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBC A DBDBDB A DEFEFE EGEGEG HHHHHH EDEDED G G G IBIBIB I IEIEIE I B B B| I | A |
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| Soul Shall I see thy face she said | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp In one brief hour | C |
| And away with thee from a loveless bed | B |
| To a far off sun to a vine wrapt bower | C |
| And be thine own unseparated | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And challenge the world's white glower | C |
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| II | A |
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| She quickened her feet and met him where | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp They had predesigned | B |
| And they clasped and mounted and cleft the air | D |
| Upon whirling wheels till the will to bind | B |
| Her life with his made the moments there | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Efface the years behind | B |
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| III | A |
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| Miles slid and the sight of the port upgrew | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp As they sped on | E |
| When slipping its bond the bracelet flew | F |
| From her fondled arm Replaced anon | E |
| Its cameo of the abjured one drew | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Her musings thereupon | E |
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| IV | - |
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| The gaud with his image once had been | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp A gift from him | G |
| And so it was that its carving keen | E |
| Refurbished memories wearing dim | G |
| Which set in her soul a throe of teen | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And a tear on her lashes' brim | G |
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| V | - |
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| I may not go she at length upspake | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Thoughts call me back | H |
| I would still lose all for your dear dear sake | H |
| My heart is thine friend But my track | H |
| I home to Athelhall must take | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To hinder household wrack | H |
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| VI | - |
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| He appealed But they parted weak and wan | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And he left the shore | D |
| His ship diminished was low was gone | E |
| And she heard in the waves as the daytide wore | D |
| And read in the leer of the sun that shone | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That they parted for evermore | D |
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| VII | - |
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| She homed as she came at the dip of eve | - |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp On Athel Coomb | G |
| Regaining the Hall she had sworn to leave | - |
| The house was soundless as a tomb | G |
| And she entered her chamber there to grieve | - |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Lone kneeling in the gloom | G |
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| VIII | - |
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| From the lawn without rose her husband's voice | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To one his friend | B |
| Another her Love another my choice | I |
| Her going is good Our conditions mend | B |
| In a change of mates we shall both rejoice | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I hoped that it thus might end | B |
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| IX | I |
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| A quick divorce she will make him hers | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And I wed mine | E |
| So Time rights all things in long long years | I |
| Or rather she by her bold design | E |
| I admire a woman no balk deters | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She has blessed my life in fine | E |
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| X | I |
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| I shall build new rooms for my new true bride | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Let the bygone be | - |
| By now no doubt she has crossed the tide | B |
| With the man to her mind Far happier she | - |
| In some warm vineland by his side | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Than ever she was with me | - |
Thomas Hardy
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