A Match Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABAB DEFFDEDE GHCCGHGH IJKKIJIJ LMKKLMLM CNCCCNCN| If love were what the rose is | A |
| And I were like the leaf | B |
| Our lives would grow together | C |
| In sad or singing weather | C |
| Blown fields or flowerful closes | A |
| Green pasture or gray grief | B |
| If love were what the rose is | A |
| And I were like the leaf | B |
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| If I were what the words are | D |
| And love were like the tune | E |
| With double sound and single | F |
| Delight our lips would mingle | F |
| With kisses glad as birds are | D |
| That get sweet rain at noon | E |
| If I were what the words are | D |
| And love were like the tune | E |
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| If you were life my darling | G |
| And I your love were death | H |
| We'd shine and snow together | C |
| Ere March made sweet the weather | C |
| With daffodil and starling | G |
| And hours of fruitful breath | H |
| If you were life my darling | G |
| And I your love were death | H |
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| If you were thrall to sorrow | I |
| And I were page to joy | J |
| We'd play for lives and seasons | K |
| With loving looks and treasons | K |
| And tears of night and morrow | I |
| And laughs of maid and boy | J |
| If you were thrall to sorrow | I |
| And I were page to joy | J |
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| If you were April's lady | L |
| And I were lord in May | M |
| We'd throw with leaves for hours | K |
| And draw for days with flowers | K |
| Till day like night were shady | L |
| And night were bright like day | M |
| If you were April's lady | L |
| And I were lord in May | M |
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| If you were queen of pleasure | C |
| And I were king of pain | N |
| We'd hunt down love together | C |
| Pluck out his flying feather | C |
| And teach his feet a measure | C |
| And find his mouth a rein | N |
| If you were queen of pleasure | C |
| And I were king of pain | N |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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