The Maid's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFGHHIIJJKKLMNN OOPPQQ| I loved him not and yet now he is gone | A |
| I feel I am alone | B |
| I check'd him while he spoke yet could he speak | C |
| Alas I would not check | D |
| For reasons not to love him once I sought | E |
| And wearied all my thought | E |
| To vex myself and him I now would give | F |
| My love could he but live | G |
| Who lately lived for me and when he found | H |
| 'Twas vain in holy ground | H |
| He hid his face amid the shades of death | I |
| I waste for him my breath | I |
| Who wasted his for me but mine returns | J |
| And this torn bosom burns | J |
| With stifling heat heaving it up in sleep | K |
| And waking me to weep | K |
| Tears that had melted his soft heart for years | L |
| Wept he as bitter tears | M |
| Merciful God such was his latest prayer | N |
| These may she never share | N |
| Quieter is his breath his breast more cold | O |
| Than daisies in the mould | O |
| Where children spell athwart the churchyard gate | P |
| His name and life's brief date | P |
| Pray for him gentle souls whoe'er you be | Q |
| And oh pray too for me | Q |
Walter Savage Landor
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