The Mask Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDEFGHI JKLMK KKN OPH QRSTOUVWO XYZ A2B2C2D2K| Allegorical Statue in the Style of the Renaissance | A |
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| for Ernest Christophe sculptor | B |
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| Let us observe this prize of Tuscan charm | C |
| In how the muscles of the body flow | D |
| Those holy sisters Grace and Strength abound | E |
| This woman this extraordinary piece | F |
| Divinely robust admirably slim | G |
| Was made to be enthroned on sumptuous beds | H |
| As entertainment for a pope or prince | I |
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| Also observe the fine voluptuous smile | J |
| Where Self conceit parades its ecstasy | K |
| This long sly languorous and mocking gaze | L |
| This dainty visage with its filmy veil | M |
| Each trait of which cries out triumphantly | K |
| 'Pleasure invites Me and I wear Love's crown ' | - |
| In this creation of such majesty | K |
| Excitement flows from her gentility | K |
| Let us approach and look from every side | N |
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| O blasphemy of art fatal surprise | O |
| This woman fashioned to embody bliss | P |
| Is at the top a monster with two heads | H |
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| But no it's just a mask a trick design | Q |
| This visage lit by an exquisite air | R |
| And look see here how cruelly it is clenched | S |
| The undissembling face of the true head | T |
| Turned to the shelter of the face that lies | O |
| O beauty how I pity you the great | U |
| Stream of your tears ends in my anxious heart | V |
| Your lie transports me and my soul drinks up | W |
| The seas brought forth by Sorrow from your eyes | O |
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| But what has made her cry A beauty who | X |
| Could have all mankind conquered at her feet | Y |
| What secret pain gnaws at her hardy tlank | Z |
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| The reason fool she cries is that she's lived | A2 |
| And that she lives But what she most deplores | B2 |
| What makes her tremble even to her knees | C2 |
| Is that tomorrow she'll be living still | D2 |
| Tomorrow every day And so will we | K |
Charles Baudelaire
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