Disillusion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEDFCE GBGEEB HCHCBC| I wrote the burning words to you | A |
| That meant so much to me | B |
| I sent them speeding straight to you | A |
| To you across the sea | B |
| I waited with sure reckoning | C |
| For your reply to me | B |
| - | |
| I waited and the counted day | D |
| Fruitlessly came and went | E |
| I made excuse for the delay | D |
| Pitiable confident | F |
| I knew to morrow's light must bring | C |
| The words you must have sent | E |
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| And still I stand on that dim verge | G |
| And look across the sea | B |
| The waves have changed into a dirge | G |
| Their volubility | E |
| And in my disillusioned heart | E |
| Is a little grave for me | B |
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| But still with shaded eyes I gaze | H |
| As mournfully I sing | C |
| And one by one the trailing days | H |
| As they no message bring | C |
| Fall with their slow monotony | B |
| As beads fall from a string | C |
Victoria Mary Sackville-west
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