To W. B. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABBBAB ABACABBBAB| From 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 |
| - | |
| 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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