The Inconsistent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD| I say She was as good as fair | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp When standing by her mound | B |
| Such passing sweetness I declare | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp No longer treads the ground | B |
| I say What living Love can catch | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Her bloom and bonhomie | D |
| And what in newer maidens match | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Her olden warmth to me | D |
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| There stands within yon vestry nook | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where bonded lovers sign | F |
| Her name upon a faded book | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With one that is not mine | F |
| To him she breathed the tender vow | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She once had breathed to me | D |
| But yet I say O love even now | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Would I had died for thee | D |
Thomas Hardy
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