A Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABAB CDCEFCGC HIHIJHIH KLKLMKLN OEOEEOEO PQPQ PQP RSTSSRSR UVUVVUVU| ner in the lowest stair | A |
| Of that magnificent temple which doth bound | B |
| One side of our whole vale with grandeur rare | A |
| Sweet garden orchard eminently fair | A |
| The loveliest spot that man hath ever found | B |
| Farewell we leave thee to Heaven's peaceful care | A |
| Thee and the Cottage which thou dost surround | B |
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| Our boat is safely anchored by the shore | C |
| And there will safely ride when we are gone | D |
| The flowering shrubs that deck our humble door | C |
| Will prosper though untended and alone | E |
| Fields goods and far off chattels we have none | F |
| These narrow bounds contain our private store | C |
| Of things earth makes and sun doth shine upon | G |
| Here are they in our sight we have no more | C |
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| Sunshine and shower be with you bud and bell | H |
| For two months now in vain we shall be sought | I |
| We leave you here in solitude to dwell | H |
| With these our latest gifts of tender thought | I |
| Thou like the morning in thy saffron coat | J |
| Bright gowan and marsh marigold farewell | H |
| Whom from the borders of the Lake we brought | I |
| And placed together near our rocky Well | H |
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| We go for One to whom ye will be dear | K |
| And she will prize this Bower this Indian shed | L |
| Our own contrivance Building without peer | K |
| A gentle Maid whose heart is lowly bred | L |
| Whose pleasures are in wild fields gathered | M |
| With joyousness and with a thoughtful cheer | K |
| Will come to you to you herself will wed | L |
| And love the blessed life that we lead here | N |
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| Dear Spot which we have watched with tender heed | O |
| Bringing thee chosen plants and blossoms blown | E |
| Among the distant mountains flower and weed | O |
| Which thou hast taken to thee as thy own | E |
| Making all kindness registered and known | E |
| Thou for our sakes though Nature's child indeed | O |
| Fair in thyself and beautiful alone | E |
| Hast taken gifts which thou dost little need | O |
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| And O most constant yet most fickle Place | P |
| Thou hast thy wayward moods as thou dost show | Q |
| To them who look not daily on thy face | P |
| Who being loved in love no bounds dost know | Q |
| And say'st when we forsake thee 'Let them go ' | - |
| Thou easy hearted Thing with thy wild race | P |
| Of weeds and flowers till we return be slow | Q |
| And travel with the year at a soft pace | P |
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| Help us to tell Her tales of years gone by | R |
| And this sweet spring the best beloved and best | S |
| Joy will be flown in its mortality | T |
| Something must stay to tell us of the rest | S |
| Here thronged with primroses the steep rock's breast | S |
| Glittered at evening like a starry sky | R |
| And in this bush our sparrow built her nest | S |
| Of which I sang one song that will not die | R |
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| O happy Garden whose seclusion deep | U |
| Hath been so friendly to industrious hours | V |
| And to soft slumbers that did gently steep | U |
| Our spirits carrying with them dreams of flowers | V |
| And wild notes warbled among leafy bowers | V |
| Two burning months let summer overleap | U |
| And coming back with Her who will be ours | V |
| Into thy bosom we again shall creep | U |
William Wordsworth
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