Beatrice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCADEFGGHI AAAAJJKLM NNOOPQRR| Through fields of ash burnt without verdure | A |
| where I was complaining one day to Nature | A |
| and slowly sharpened the knife of my thought | B |
| as I wandered aimlessly against my heart | C |
| I saw descend at noon on my brow | A |
| a storm filled and a sinister cloud | D |
| holding a vicious demonic horde | E |
| resembling cruel and curious dwarfs | F |
| They gazing at me considering me as cool | G |
| as passers by admiring a fool | G |
| I heard them laughing and whispering in synch | H |
| exchanging many a nudge and a wink | I |
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| ' Let's contemplate this caricature | A |
| this Hamlet's shadow echoing his posture | A |
| his indecisive looks and wild hair | A |
| It's a shame to see that epicure there | A |
| that pauper that actor on holiday that droll | J |
| fellow because he can play a fine role | J |
| trying to interest with his tears | K |
| the eagles the grasshoppers streams and flowers | L |
| and even proclaiming his public tirades | M |
| to us who invented those ancient parades ' | - |
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| I might since my pride high as the mountains | N |
| overtops clouds and the cries of demons | N |
| simply have turned my regal head | O |
| if I'd not seen to that obscene crowd wed | O |
| a crime that failed to make the sun rock | P |
| the queen of my heart with her matchless look | Q |
| laughing with them at my dark distress | R |
| and now and then yielding a filthy caress | R |
Charles Baudelaire
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