The Newcomer's Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEF EEG HHII| He paused on the sill of a door ajar | A |
| That screened a lively liquor bar | A |
| For the name had reached him through the door | B |
| Of her he had married the week before | B |
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| 'We called her the Hack of the Parade | C |
| But she was discreet in the games she played | C |
| If slightly worn she's pretty yet | D |
| And gossips after all forget | D |
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| 'And he knows nothing of her past | E |
| I am glad the girls in luck at last | E |
| Such ones though stale to native eyes | F |
| Newcomers snatch at as a prize ' | - |
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| 'Yes being a stranger he sees her blent | E |
| Of all that's fresh and innocent | E |
| Nor dreams how many a love campaign | G |
| She had enjoyed before his reign ' | - |
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| That night there was the splash of a fall | H |
| Over the slimy harbour wall | H |
| They searched and at the deepest place | I |
| Found him with crabs upon his face | I |
Thomas Hardy
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