Nell Gwyn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACCDEED| Sweet heart that no taint of the throne or the stage | A |
| Could touch with unclean transformation or alter | B |
| To the likeness of courtiers whose consciences falter | B |
| At the smile or the frown at the mirth or the rage | A |
| Of a master whom chance could inflame or assuage | A |
| Our Lady of Laughter invoked in no psalter | B |
| Adored of no faithful that cringe and that palter | B |
| Praise be with thee yet from a hag ridden age | A |
| Our Lady of Pity thou wast and to thee | C |
| All England whose sons are the sons of the sea | C |
| Gives thanks and will hear not if history snarls | D |
| When the name of the friend of her sailors is spoken | E |
| And thy lover she cannot but love by the token | E |
| That thy name was the last on the lips of King Charles | D |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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