Sonnet Xvi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBCDEDEFF| Who shall invoke her who shall be her priest | A |
| With single rites the common debt to pay | B |
| On some green headland fronting to the East | A |
| Our fairest boy shall kneel at break of day | B |
| Naked uplifting in a laden tray | B |
| New milk and honey and sweet tinctured wine | C |
| Not without twigs of clustering apple spray | B |
| To wreath a garland for Our Lady's shrine | C |
| The morning planet poised above the sea | D |
| Shall drop sweet influence through her drowsing lid | E |
| Dew drenched his delicate virginity | D |
| Shall scarce disturb the flowers he kneels amid | E |
| That waked so lightly shall lift up their eyes | F |
| Cushion his knees and nod between his thighs | F |
Alan Seeger
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