The Lute And The Lyre Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BAB ABAB| Deep desire that pierces heart and spirit to the root | A |
| Finds reluctant voice in verse that yearns like soaring fire | B |
| Takes exultant voice when music holds in high pursuit | A |
| Deep desire | B |
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| Keen as burns the passion of the rose whose buds respire | B |
| Strong as grows the yearning of the blossom toward the fruit | A |
| Sounds the secret half unspoken ere the deep tones tire | B |
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| Slow subsides the rapture that possessed love's flower soft lute | A |
| Slow the palpitation of the triumph of the lyre | B |
| Still the soul feels burn a flame unslaked though these be mute | A |
| Deep desire | B |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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