A Moss-rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDDEFEFDGDGIf the rose of all flowers be the rarest | A |
That heaven may adore from above | B |
And the fervent moss rose be the fairest | C |
That sweetens the summer with love | B |
Can it be that a fairer than any | D |
Should blossom afar from the tree | D |
Yet one and a symbol of many | D |
Shone sudden for eyes that could see | D |
In the grime and the gloom of November | E |
The bliss and the bloom of July | F |
Bade autumn rejoice and remember | E |
The balm of the blossoms gone by | F |
Would you know what moss rose now it may be | D |
That puts all the rest to the blush | G |
The flower was the face of a baby | D |
The moss was a bonnet of plush | G |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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