To An Orphan Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABABCDCE FGFFBFBFA Whimsey | A |
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AH child thou art but half thy darling mother's | A |
Hers couldst thou wholly be | B |
My light in thee would outglow all in others | A |
She would relive to me | B |
But niggard Nature's trick of birth | C |
Bars lest she overjoy | D |
Renewal of the loved on earth | C |
Save with alloy | E |
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The Dame has no regard alas my maiden | F |
For love and loss like mine | G |
No sympathy with mind sight memory laden | F |
Only with fickle eyne | F |
To her mechanic artistry | B |
My dreams are all unknown | F |
And why I wish that thou couldst be | B |
But One's alone | F |
Thomas Hardy
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