The Young Churchwarden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCB DDDDEED ABBACCB| When he lit the candles there | A |
| And the light fell on his hand | B |
| And it trembled as he scanned | B |
| Her and me his vanquished air | A |
| Hinted that his dream was done | C |
| And I saw he had begun | C |
| To understand | B |
| - | |
| When Love's viol was unstrung | D |
| Sore I wished the hand that shook | D |
| Had been mine that shared her book | D |
| While that evening hymn was sung | D |
| His the victor's as he lit | E |
| Candles where he had bidden us sit | E |
| With vanquished look | D |
| - | |
| Now her dust lies listless there | A |
| His afar from tending hand | B |
| What avails the victory scanned | B |
| Does he smile from upper air | A |
| Ah my friend your dream is done | C |
| And 'tis YOU who have begun | C |
| To understand | B |
Thomas Hardy
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