Grata Juventas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCDC EDEDF GDGDG| She trembles when I touch | A |
| The tips of scarce grown fingers | B |
| Yet seems to think it overmuch | A |
| If for a moment lingers | B |
| Grasp that I hardly meant for such | A |
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| She clutcheth toy or book | C |
| Or female hand beside her | D |
| Now with askant unsettled look | C |
| Inviteth then doth hide her | D |
| Like struggling lily in a brook | C |
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| Anon she darteth glance | E |
| Athwart averted shoulder | D |
| But when encouraged I advance | E |
| Asudden waxing colder | D |
| Her gaze lacks all significance | F |
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| O were she younger still | G |
| Or more than a beginner | D |
| I might control my troubled will | G |
| Or give it rein and win her | D |
| But now she is nor good nor ill | G |
Alfred Austin
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