A Painted Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFGH IIIJ KL JF| A painted woman warm and calm | A |
| Folded hands upon black clothes | B |
| A hidden smile a shuttered look | C |
| Shuttered she is but beautiful | D |
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| A thousand men in glance they gaze | E |
| Immaculate it is but left amaze | E |
| Writers write of her | F |
| Historians do their job | G |
| Scientists are quiet and poets sing | H |
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| Only an artist can say the truth of his art | I |
| We cannot read his brains and heart | I |
| Only an artist can sing of his art | I |
| Only I can try to interpret | J |
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| While a painted woman sits | K |
| Arms folded and pain written upon an invisible smile | L |
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| Lisa Jaconde | J |
| An image of a mother | F |
Khayelihle Bongiswa Gamedze
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 01/20/2021
Poet's note: This poem was inspired by the story behind Leonardo da Vinci's art, the Mona Lisa
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