At The Foresters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA CDCEC FGHIF JKJKJ LMLNL| The shadows of the gaslit wings | A |
| Come softly crawling down our way | B |
| Before the curtain someone sings | A |
| The music sounds from far away | B |
| I lounge beside you in the wings | A |
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| Prying and indiscreet the lights | C |
| Illumine if you haply move | D |
| The prince's dress the yellow tights | C |
| That fit your figure like a glove | E |
| You shrink a little from the lights | C |
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| Divinely rosy rouged your face | F |
| Smiles with its painted little mouth | G |
| Half tearfully a quaint grimace | H |
| The charm and pathos of your youth | I |
| Mock the mock roses of your face | F |
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| And there is something in your look | J |
| Ambiguous independent Flo | K |
| As teasing as a half shut book | J |
| It lures me till I long to know | K |
| The many meanings of your look | J |
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| The tired defiance of the eyes | L |
| Pathetically whimsical | M |
| Childish and whimsical and wise | L |
| And now relenting after all | N |
| The softer welcome of your eyes | L |
Arthur Symons
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