Invitation To The Voyage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFG HH IIJKLJJJMNNM JJ OOCPPCQQRGGR JJ| Imagine ma petite | A |
| Dear sister mine how sweet | A |
| Were we to go and take our pleasure | B |
| Leisurely you and I | C |
| To lie to love to die | C |
| Off in that land made to your measure | B |
| A land whose suns' moist rays | D |
| Through the skies' misty haze | D |
| Hold quite the same dark charms for me | E |
| As do your scheming eyes | F |
| When they in their like wise | F |
| Shine through your tears perfidiously | G |
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| There all is order naught amiss | H |
| Comfort and beauty calm and bliss | H |
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| Treasure galore ornate | I |
| Time glossed would decorate | I |
| Our chamber where the rarest blooms | J |
| Would blend their lavish scent | K |
| Heady and opulent | L |
| With wisps of amber like perfumes | J |
| Where all the Orient's | J |
| Splendid rich ornaments | J |
| Deep mirrors ceilings fine would each | M |
| In confidential tone | N |
| Speak to the soul alone | N |
| In its own sweet and secret speech | M |
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| There all is order naught amiss | J |
| Comfort and beauty calm and bliss | J |
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| See how the ships asleep | O |
| They who would ply the deep | O |
| Line the canals to satisfy | C |
| Your merest whim they come | P |
| From far flung heathendom | P |
| And skim the seven seas On high | C |
| The sunset's rays enfold | Q |
| In hyacinth and gold | Q |
| Field and canal and with the night | R |
| As shadows gently fall | G |
| Behold Life sleeps and all | G |
| Lies bathed in warmth and evening light | R |
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| There all is order naught amiss | J |
| Comfort and beauty calm and bliss | J |
Charles Baudelaire
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