The Gaudy Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIJ KLKL HMFM| WHY does my Anna toss her head | A |
| And look so scornfully around | B |
| As if she scarcely deign'd to tread | A |
| Upon the daisy dappled ground | B |
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| Does fancied beauty fire thine eye | C |
| The brilliant tint the satin skin | D |
| Does the loved glass in passing by | C |
| Reflect a graceful form and thin | D |
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| Alas that form and brilliant fire | E |
| Will never win beholder's love | F |
| It may indeed make fools admire | G |
| But ne'er the wise and good can move | H |
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| So grows the tulip gay and bold | I |
| The broadest sunshine its delight | J |
| Like rubies or like burnish'd gold | I |
| It shows its petals glossy bright | J |
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| But who the gaudy floweret crops | K |
| As if to court a sweet perfume | L |
| Admired it blows neglected drops | K |
| And sinks unheeded to its doom | L |
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| The virtues of the heart may move | H |
| Affections of a genial kind | M |
| While beauty fails to stir our love | F |
| And wins the eye but not the mind | M |
Ann Taylor
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