Smiles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG AHAH CIJI KLKL MNMN OPOQ| There is the warm congenial smile | A |
| Benign and honest too | B |
| Free from deception fraud and guile | A |
| The smile of friendship true | B |
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| There is the smile most fair to see | C |
| Which wreathes the modest glance | D |
| Of spotless maiden purity | C |
| The smile of innocence | E |
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| There is the smile of woman's love | F |
| That potent siren spell | G |
| Which uplifts men to heaven above | F |
| Or lures them down to hell | G |
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| There is the vain derisive smile | A |
| Of cynical conceit | H |
| The drunken leer the grimace vile | A |
| Of lives with crime replete | H |
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| There is the smile of vacancy | C |
| Expressionless we find | I |
| On idiot physiognomy | J |
| The vacuum of a mind | I |
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| There is a smile which more than tears | K |
| Or language can express | L |
| The grim disguise which anguish wears | K |
| The mask of dire distress | L |
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| There is a smile of practiced art | M |
| More false than treason's kiss | N |
| But penetrate that dual heart | M |
| And hear the serpent's hiss | N |
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| A smile the visage shall embrace | O |
| When nature's cup is full | P |
| Behind the stern and frowning face | O |
| There lies a grinning skull | Q |
Alfred Castner King
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