The Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDEFGFH IIJJ| All trembling in my arms Aminta lay | A |
| Defending of the bliss I strove to take | B |
| Raising my rapture by her kind delay | A |
| Her force so charming was and weak | C |
| The soft resistance did betray the grant | D |
| While I pressed on the heaven of my desires | E |
| Her rising breasts with nimbler motions pant | D |
| Her dying eyes assume new fires | E |
| Now to the height of languishment she grows | F |
| And still her looks new charms put on | G |
| Now the last mystery of Love she knows | F |
| We sigh and kiss I waked and all was done | H |
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| Twas but a dream yet by my heart I knew | I |
| Which still was panting part of it was true | I |
| Oh how I strove the rest to have believed | J |
| Ashamed and angry to be undeceived | J |
Aphra Behn
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