Here They Trysted, And Here They Strayed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FBFBGDHD IBIBJDJD| Here they trysted here they strayed | A |
| In the leafage dewy and boon | B |
| Many a man and many a maid | A |
| And the morn was merry June | B |
| 'Death is fleet Life is sweet ' | C |
| Sang the blackbird in the may | D |
| And the hour with flying feet | E |
| While they dreamed was yesterday | D |
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| Many a maid and many a man | F |
| Found the leafage close and boon | B |
| Many a destiny began | F |
| O the morn was merry June | B |
| Dead and gone dead and gone | G |
| Hark the blackbird in the may | D |
| Life and Death went hurrying on | H |
| Cheek on cheek and where were they | D |
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| Dust on dust engendering dust | I |
| In the leafage fresh and boon | B |
| Man and maid fulfil their trust | I |
| Still the morn turns merry June | B |
| Mother Life Father Death | J |
| O the blackbird in the may | D |
| Each the other's breath for breath | J |
| Fleet the times of the world away | D |
William Ernest Henley
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