Adeline Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEEFDCC ACGCHIJKLKLCC ACCMNMFNNOOFNPQFCC RSTUFSVVCC RSFWXYWXZSA2B2IA2IXX| I | A |
| Mystery of mysteries | B |
| Faintly smiling Adeline | C |
| Scarce of earth nor all divine | C |
| Nor unhappy nor at rest | D |
| But beyond expression fair | E |
| With thy floating flaxen hair | E |
| Thy rose lips and full blue eyes | F |
| Take the heart from out my breast | D |
| Wherefore those dim looks of thine | C |
| Shadowy dreaming Adeline | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Whence that aery bloom of thine | C |
| Like a lily which the sun | G |
| Looks thro' in his sad decline | C |
| And a rose bush leans upon | H |
| Thou that faintly smilest still | I |
| As a Naiad in a well | J |
| Looking at the set of day | K |
| Or a phantom two hours old | L |
| Of a maiden passed away | K |
| Ere the placid lips be cold | L |
| Wherefore those faint smiles of thine | C |
| Spiritual Adeline | C |
| - | |
| III | A |
| What hope or fear or joy is thine | C |
| Who talketh with thee Adeline | C |
| For sure thou art not all alone | M |
| Do beating hearts of salient springs | N |
| Keep measure with thine own | M |
| Hast thou heard the butterflies | F |
| What they say betwixt their wings | N |
| Or in stillest evenings | N |
| With what voice the violet woos | O |
| To his heart the silver dews | O |
| Or when little airs arise | F |
| How the merry bluebell rings | N |
| To the mosses underneath | P |
| Hast thou look'd upon the breath | Q |
| Of the lilies at sunrise | F |
| Wherefore that faint smile of thine | C |
| Shadowy dreaming Adeline | C |
| - | |
| IV | R |
| Some honey converse feeds thy mind | S |
| Some spirit of a crimson rose | T |
| In love with thee forgets to close | U |
| His curtains wasting odorous sighs | F |
| All night long on darkness blind | S |
| What aileth thee whom waitest thou | V |
| With thy soften'd shadow'd brow | V |
| And those dew lit eyes of thine | C |
| Thou faint smiler Adeline | C |
| - | |
| V | R |
| Lovest thou the doleful wind | S |
| When thou gazest at the skies | F |
| Doth the low tongued Orient | W |
| Wander from the side of the morn | X |
| Dripping with Sabsean spice | Y |
| On thy pillow lowly bent | W |
| With melodious airs lovelorn | X |
| Breathing Light against thy face | Z |
| While his locks a dropping twined | S |
| Round thy neck in subtle ring | A2 |
| Make a carcanet of rays | B2 |
| And ye talk together still | I |
| In the language wherewith Spring | A2 |
| Letters cowslips on the hill | I |
| Hence that look and smile of thine | X |
| Spiritual Adeline | X |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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