The Widow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG GHIH JKJK GLGL MNON FLPD QRIR NSTS UVWV| By Mellstock Lodge and Avenue | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Towards her door I went | B |
| And sunset on her window panes | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Reflected our intent | B |
| - | |
| The creeper on the gable nigh | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Was fired to more than red | E |
| And when I came to halt thereby | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Bright as my joy I said | E |
| - | |
| Of late days it had been her aim | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To meet me in the hall | G |
| Now at my footsteps no one came | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And no one to my call | G |
| - | |
| Again I knocked and tardily | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp An inner step was heard | H |
| And I was shown her presence then | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With scarce an answering word | H |
| - | |
| She met me and but barely took | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp My proffered warm embrace | K |
| Preoccupation weighed her look | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And hardened her sweet face | K |
| - | |
| To morrow could you would you call | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Make brief your present stay | L |
| My child is ill my one my all | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And can't be left to day | L |
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| And then she turns and gives commands | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp As I were out of sound | N |
| Or were no more to her and hers | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Than any neighbour round | N |
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| As maid I wooed her but one came | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And coaxed her heart away | L |
| And when in time he wedded her | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I deemed her gone for aye | D |
| - | |
| He won I lost her and my loss | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I bore I know not how | R |
| But I do think I suffered then | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Less wretchedness than now | R |
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| For Time in taking him had oped | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp An unexpected door | S |
| Of bliss for me which grew to seem | T |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Far surer than before | S |
| - | |
| Her word is steadfast and I know | U |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That plighted firm are we | V |
| But she has caught new love calls since | W |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp She smiled as maid on me | V |
Thomas Hardy
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