The Man With A Past Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABB CDCCDD EFEEFF GCGGCC| There was merry making | A |
| When the first dart fell | B |
| As a heralding | A |
| Till grinned the fully bared thing | A |
| And froze like a spell | B |
| Like a spell | B |
| - | |
| Innocent was she | C |
| Innocent was I | D |
| Too simple we | C |
| Before us we did not see | C |
| Nearing aught wry | D |
| Aught wry | D |
| - | |
| I can tell it not now | E |
| It was long ago | F |
| And such things cow | E |
| But that is why and how | E |
| Two lives were so | F |
| Were so | F |
| - | |
| Yes the years matured | G |
| And the blows were three | C |
| That time ensured | G |
| On her which she dumbly endured | G |
| And one on me | C |
| One on me | C |
Thomas Hardy
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