Foreboding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFGEH IJIIJ KLKKL MCNNC| Thou canst not see him standing by | A |
| Time with a poppied hand | B |
| Stealing thy youth's simplicity | C |
| Even as falls unceasingly | D |
| His waning sand | B |
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| He will pluck thy childish roses as | E |
| Summer from her bush | F |
| Strips all the loveliness that was | G |
| Even to the silence evening has | E |
| Thy laughter hush | H |
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| Thy locks too faint for earthly gold | I |
| The meekness of thine eyes | J |
| He will darken and dim and to his fold | I |
| Drive 'gainst the night thy stainless old | I |
| Innocencies | J |
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| Thy simple words confuse and mar | K |
| Thy tenderest thoughts delude | L |
| Draw a long cloud athwart thy star | K |
| Still with loud timbrels heaven's far | K |
| Faint interlude | L |
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| Thou canst not see I see dearest | M |
| O then yet patient be | C |
| Though love refuse thy heart all rest | N |
| Though even love wax angry lest | N |
| Love should lose thee | C |
Walter De La Mare
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