Preference Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACAADADEFEFDGDG GDGDGDGDCHCHGDGAEIEI AAAACJCJDJDJDKDKCJCJ GJGJJLJMCGCG| NOT in scorn do I reprove thee | A |
| Not in pride thy vows I waive | B |
| But believe I could not love thee | A |
| Wert thou prince and I a slave | B |
| These then are thine oaths of passion | C |
| This thy tenderness for me | A |
| Judged even by thine own confession | C |
| Thou art steeped in perfidy | A |
| Having vanquished thou wouldst leave me | A |
| Thus I read thee long ago | D |
| Therefore dared I not deceive thee | A |
| Even with friendship's gentle show | D |
| Therefore with impassive coldness | E |
| Have I ever met thy gaze | F |
| Though full oft with daring boldness | E |
| Thou thine eyes to mine didst raise | F |
| Why that smile Thou now art deeming | D |
| This my coldness all untrue | G |
| But a mask of frozen seeming | D |
| Hiding secret fires from view | G |
| Touch my hand thou self deceiver | G |
| Nay be calm for I am so | D |
| Does it burn Does my lip quiver | G |
| Has mine eye a troubled glow | D |
| Canst thou call a moment's colour | G |
| To my forehead to my cheek | D |
| Canst thou tinge their tranquil pallor | G |
| With one flattering feverish streak | D |
| Am I marble What no woman | C |
| Could so calm before thee stand | H |
| Nothing living sentient human | C |
| Could so coldly take thy hand | H |
| Yes a sister might a mother | G |
| My good will is sisterly | D |
| Dream not then I strive to smother | G |
| Fires that inly burn for thee | A |
| Rave not rage not wrath is fruitless | E |
| Fury cannot change my mind | I |
| I but deem the feeling rootless | E |
| Which so whirls in passion's wind | I |
| Can I love Oh deeply truly | A |
| Warmly fondly but not thee | A |
| And my love is answered duly | A |
| With an equal energy | A |
| Wouldst thou see thy rival Hasten | C |
| Draw that curtain soft aside | J |
| Look where yon thick branches chasten | C |
| Noon with shades of eventide | J |
| In that glade where foliage blending | D |
| Forms a green arch overhead | J |
| Sits thy rival thoughtful bending | D |
| O'er a stand with papers spread | J |
| Motionless his fingers plying | D |
| That untired unresting pen | K |
| Time and tide unnoticed flying | D |
| There he sits the first of men | K |
| Man of conscience man of reason | C |
| Stern perchance but ever just | J |
| Foe to falsehood wrong and treason | C |
| Honour's shield and virtue's trust | J |
| Worker thinker firm defender | G |
| Of Heaven's truth man's liberty | J |
| Soul of iron proof to slander | G |
| Rock where founders tyranny | J |
| Fame he seeks not but full surely | J |
| She will seek him in his home | L |
| This I know and wait securely | J |
| For the atoning hour to come | M |
| To that man my faith is given | C |
| Therefore soldier cease to sue | G |
| While God reigns in earth and heaven | C |
| I to him will still be true | G |
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