From The Break The Nightingale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABBBAB ABACABBBABFrom the brake the Nightingale | A |
Sings exulting to the Rose | B |
Though he sees her waxing pale | A |
In her passionate repose | B |
While she triumphs waxing frail | A |
Fading even while she glows | B |
Though he knows | B |
How it goes | B |
Knows of last year's Nightingale | A |
Dead with last year's Rose | B |
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Wise the enamoured Nightingale | A |
Wise the well beloved Rose | B |
Love and life shall still prevail | A |
Nor the silence at the close | C |
Break the magic of the tale | A |
In the telling though it shows | B |
Who but knows | B |
How it goes | B |
Life a last year's Nightingale | A |
Love a last year's Rose | B |
William Ernest Henley
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