The Passer-by Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDC DEDEE FGFGG HIHII| L H Recalls Her Romance | A |
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| He used to pass well trimmed and brushed | B |
| My window every day | C |
| And when I smiled on him he blushed | B |
| That youth quite as a girl might aye | D |
| In the shyest way | C |
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| Thus often did he pass hereby | D |
| That youth of bounding gait | E |
| Until the one who blushed was I | D |
| And he became as here I sate | E |
| My joy my fate | E |
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| And now he passes by no more | F |
| That youth I loved too true | G |
| I grieve should he as here of yore | F |
| Pass elsewhere seated in his view | G |
| Some maiden new | G |
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| If such should be alas for her | H |
| He'll make her feel him dear | I |
| Become her daily comforter | H |
| Then tire him of her beauteous gear | I |
| And disappear | I |
Thomas Hardy
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