Past And Present Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AFGFHIEI AJKJLMNM AOPOQRCR| I remember I remember | A |
| The house where I was born | B |
| The little window where the sun | C |
| Came peeping in at morn | B |
| He never came a wink too soon | D |
| Nor bought too long a day | E |
| But now I often wish the night | F |
| Had borne my breath away | E |
| - | |
| I remember I remember | A |
| The roses red and white | F |
| The violets and the lily cups | G |
| Those flowers made of light | F |
| The lilacs where the robin built | H |
| And where my brother set | I |
| The laburnum on his birthday | E |
| The tree is living yet | I |
| - | |
| I remember I remember | A |
| Where I was used to swing | J |
| And throught the air must rush as fresh | K |
| To swallows on the wing | J |
| My spirit flew in feathers then | L |
| That is so heavy now | M |
| And summer pools could hardly cool | N |
| The fever on my brow | M |
| - | |
| I remember I remember | A |
| The fir frees dark and high | O |
| I used to think their slender tops | P |
| Were close against the sky | O |
| It was a childish ignorance | Q |
| But now 'tis little joy | R |
| To know I'm farther off from Heaven | C |
| Than when I was a boy | R |
Thomas Hood
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