My Nora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB CCCB FFFB GGGB AAAB CCCB| Beneath the gold acacia buds | A |
| My gentle Nora sits and broods | A |
| Far far away in Boston woods | A |
| My gentle Nora | B |
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| I see the tear drop in her e'e | C |
| Her bosom's heaving tenderly | C |
| I know I know she thinks of me | C |
| My Darling Nora | B |
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| And where am I My love whilst thou | D |
| Sitt'st sad beneath the acacia bough | D |
| Where pearl's on neck and wreath on brow | D |
| I stand my Nora | B |
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| Mid carcanet and coronet | E |
| Where joy lamps shine and flowers are set | E |
| Where England's chivalry are met | E |
| Behold me Nora | B |
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| In this strange scene of revelry | C |
| Amidst this gorgeous chivalry | C |
| A form I saw was like to thee | C |
| My love my Nora | B |
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| She paused amidst her converse glad | F |
| The lady saw that I was sad | F |
| She pitied the poor lonely lad | F |
| Dost love her Nora | B |
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| In sooth she is a lovely dame | G |
| A lip of red and eye of flame | G |
| And clustering golden locks the same | G |
| As thine dear Nora | B |
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| Her glance is softer than the dawn's | A |
| Her foot is lighter than the fawn's | A |
| Her breast is whiter than the swan's | A |
| Or thine my Nora | B |
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| Oh gentle breast to pity me | C |
| Oh lovely Ladye Emily | C |
| Till death till death I'll think of thee | C |
| Of thee and Nora | B |
William Makepeace Thackeray
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