Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE DFDF GDGD HIJI| WHO calls me bold because I won my love | A |
| And did not pine | B |
| And waste my life with secret pain but strove | C |
| To make him mine | B |
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| I us d no arts t was Nature s self that taught | D |
| My eye to speak | E |
| And bid the burning blush to paint unsought | D |
| My flashing cheek | E |
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| That made my voice to tremble when I bid | D |
| My love Goodby | F |
| So weak that every other sound was hid | D |
| Except a sigh | F |
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| Oh was it wrong to use the truth I knew | G |
| That hearts are mov d | D |
| And spring warm struck with life and love anew | G |
| By being lov d | D |
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| One night there came a tear that big and loth | H |
| Stole neath my brow | I |
| T was thus I won my heart s own heart and both | J |
| Are happy now | I |
William Cosmo Monkhouse
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