Monologue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDF GHI HJJ| You are a lovely autumn sky rose clear | A |
| But sadness is flowing in me like the sea | B |
| And leaves on my sullen lip as it disappears | C |
| of its bitter slime the painful memory | B |
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| Your hand glides over my numb breast in vain | D |
| what it seeks dear friend is a place made raw | E |
| by woman's ferocious fang and claw refrain | D |
| seek this heart the wild beasts tear no more | F |
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| My heart is a palace defiled by the rabble | G |
| they drink and murder and clutch each other's hair | H |
| About your naked throat a perfume hovers | I |
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| O Beauty harsh scourge of souls this is your care | H |
| With your eyes of fire dazzling as at our feasts | J |
| Burn these scraps to ashes spared by the beasts | J |
Charles Baudelaire
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