The Talisman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBCB BBBBDBDB EFEFGHGH DIDIDBDB| Where the sea forever dances | A |
| Over lonely cliff and dune | B |
| Where sweet twilight's vapor glances | C |
| In a warmer glowing moon | B |
| Where with the seraglio's graces | C |
| Daylong toys the Mussulman | B |
| An enchantress 'mid embraces | C |
| Handed me a talisman | B |
| - | |
| 'Mid embraces I was bidden | B |
| Guard this talisman of mine | B |
| In it secret power is hidden | B |
| Love himself has made it thine | B |
| Neither death nor ills nor aging | D |
| My beloved does it ban | B |
| Nor in gales and tempest raging | D |
| Can avail my talisman | B |
| - | |
| Never will it help thee gather | E |
| Treasures of the Orient coast | F |
| Neither to thy harness tether | E |
| Captives of the Prophet's host | F |
| Nor in sadness will it lead thee | G |
| To a friendly bosom nor | H |
| From this alien southland speed thee | G |
| To the native northern shore | H |
| - | |
| But whenever eyes designing | D |
| Cast on thee a sudden spell | I |
| In the darkness lips entwining | D |
| Love thee not but kiss too well | I |
| Shield thee love from evil preying | D |
| From new heart wounds that it can | B |
| From forgetting from betraying | D |
| Guards thee this my talisman | B |
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
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