The Inquiry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBDC EFEGHFHG AIAJKIKJ| And are ye one of Hermitage | A |
| Of Hermitage by Ivel Road | B |
| And do ye know in Hermitage | A |
| A thatch roofed house where sengreens grow | C |
| And does John Waywood live there still | D |
| He of the name that there abode | B |
| When father hurdled on the hill | D |
| Some fifteen years ago | C |
| - | |
| Does he now speak o' Patty Beech | E |
| The Patty Beech he used to see | F |
| Or ask at all if Patty Beech | E |
| Is known or heard of out this way | G |
| Ask ever if she's living yet | H |
| And where her present home may be | F |
| And how she bears life's fag and fret | H |
| After so long a day | G |
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| In years agone at Hermitage | A |
| This faded face was counted fair | I |
| None fairer and at Hermitage | A |
| We swore to wed when he should thrive | J |
| But never a chance had he or I | K |
| And waiting made his wish outwear | I |
| And Time that dooms man's love to die | K |
| Preserves a maid's alive | J |
Thomas Hardy
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