Stanzas.[1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEED FGFGHH IJKLKEEK| Is there a bitter pang for love removed | A |
| O God The dead love doth not cost more tears | B |
| Than the alive the loving the beloved | C |
| Not yet not yet beyond all hopes and fears | D |
| Would I were laid | E |
| Under the shade | E |
| Of the calm grave and the long grass of years | D |
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| That love might die with sorrow I am sorrow | F |
| And she that loves me tenderest doth press | G |
| Most poison from my cruel lips and borrow | F |
| Only new anguish from the old caress | G |
| Oh this world's grief | H |
| Hath no relief | H |
| - | |
| In being wrung from a great happiness | I |
| Would I had never filled thine eyes with love | J |
| For love is only tears would I had never | K |
| Breathed such a curse like blessing as we prove | L |
| Now if Farewell could bless thee I would sever | K |
| Would I were laid | E |
| Under the shade | E |
| Of the cold tomb and the long grass forever | K |
Thomas Hood
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