A Beatrice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQDAR ST UVEWXYZZ| One day in ashy cindery terrains | A |
| As I meandered making my complaint | B |
| To nature slowly sharpening the knife | C |
| Of thought against the whetstone of my heart | D |
| In plainest day I saw around my head | E |
| A lowering cloud as weighty as a storm | F |
| Which bore within a vicious demon throng | G |
| Who showed themselves as cruel and curious dwarfs | H |
| Disdainfully they circled and observed | I |
| And as a madman draws a crowd to jokes | J |
| I heard them laugh and whisper each to each | K |
| Giving their telling nudges and their winks | L |
| 'Now is the time to roast this comic sketch | M |
| This shadow Hamlet who takes the pose | N |
| The indecisive stare and straying hair | O |
| A pity isn't it to see this fraud | P |
| This posturer this actor on relief | Q |
| Because he plays his role with some slight art | D |
| He thinks his shabby whining entertains | A |
| The eagles and the insects brooks and flowers | R |
| Even to us who wrote these trite charades | S |
| He mouths the speeches of his paltry show ' | T |
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| I had authority my giant pride | U |
| Can easily disperse that chattering rout | V |
| And simply could have turned my sovereign head | E |
| Had I not seen among that filthy troupe | W |
| O crime that did not make the sun to swerve | X |
| My heart's bright queen she of the matchless gaze | Y |
| Who laughed with those who fed on my distress | Z |
| And stroked them more than once with low caress | Z |
Charles Baudelaire
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