Disdainful Diaphenia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIBB| There is no venom in the Rose | A |
| That any bee should shrink from it | B |
| No poison from the Lily flows | A |
| She hath not a disdainful wit | B |
| But thou that Rose and Lily art | C |
| Thy tongue doth poison Cupid's dart | C |
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| Nature herself to deadly flowers | D |
| Refuseth beauty lest the vain | E |
| Insects that hum through August hours | D |
| With beauty should suck in their bane | E |
| But thou as Rose or Lily fair | F |
| Art circled with envenomed air | F |
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| Like Progne didst thou lose thy tongue | G |
| Thy lovers might adore and live | H |
| Like that witch Circe oft besung | G |
| Thou hast dear gifts if thou wouldst give | I |
| But since thou hast a wicked wit | B |
| Thy lovers fade or flee from it | B |
Andrew Lang
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