To Sylvia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHGI GGBG GGGG JGKG LMEM MNOP| O love lean thou thy cheek to mine | A |
| And let the tears together flow | B |
| Such was the song you sang to me | C |
| Once long ago | B |
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| Such was the song you sang and yet | D |
| O be not wroth I scarcely knew | E |
| What sounds flow'd forth I only felt | F |
| That you were you | E |
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| I scarcely knew your hair was gold | G |
| Nor of the heavens' own blue your eyes | H |
| Sylvia and song divinely mixt | G |
| Made Paradise | I |
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| These things I scarcely knew to day | G |
| When love is lost and hope is fled | G |
| The song you sang so long ago | B |
| Rings in my head | G |
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| Clear comes each note and true to day | G |
| As in a picture I behold | G |
| Your tur'd up chin and small sweet head | G |
| Misty with gold | G |
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| I see how your dear eyes grew deep | J |
| How your lithe body thrilled and swayed | G |
| And how were whiter than the keys | K |
| Your hands that played | G |
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| Ah sweetest cruel have you been | L |
| And robbed my life of many things | M |
| I will not chide ere this I knew | E |
| That Love had wings | M |
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| You've robbed my life of many things | M |
| Of love and hope of fame and pow'r | N |
| So be it sweet You cannot steal | O |
| One golden hour | P |
Amy Levy
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