L. E. L. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABACCC DEDACCC FAFAGGG GAGAGGG HIHAJJJ JIJAJJJ| Whose heart was breaking for a little love | A |
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| Down stairs I laugh I sport and jest with all | B |
| But in my solitary room above | A |
| I turn my face in silence to the wall | B |
| My heart is breaking for a little love | A |
| Though winter frosts are done | C |
| And birds pair every one | C |
| And leaves peep out for springtide is begun | C |
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| I feel no spring while spring is wellnigh blown | D |
| I find no nest while nests are in the grove | E |
| Woe's me for mine own heart that dwells alone | D |
| My heart that breaketh for a little love | A |
| While golden in the sun | C |
| Rivulets rise and run | C |
| While lilies bud for springtide is begun | C |
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| All love are loved save only I their hearts | F |
| Beat warm with love and joy beat full thereof | A |
| They cannot guess who play the pleasant parts | F |
| My heart is breaking for a little love | A |
| While beehives wake and whirr | G |
| And rabbit thins his fur | G |
| In living spring that sets the world astir | G |
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| I deck myself with silks and jewelry | G |
| I plume myself like any mated dove | A |
| They praise my rustling show and never see | G |
| My heart is breaking for a little love | A |
| While sprouts green lavender | G |
| With rosemary and myrrh | G |
| For in quick spring the sap is all astir | G |
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| Perhaps some saints in glory guess the truth | H |
| Perhaps some angels read it as they move | I |
| And cry one to another full of ruth | H |
| Her heart is breaking for a little love | A |
| Though other things have birth | J |
| And leap and sing for mirth | J |
| When spring time wakes and clothes and feeds the earth | J |
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| Yet saith a saint Take patience for thy scathe | J |
| Yet saith an angel Wait for thou shalt prove | I |
| True best is last true life is born of death | J |
| O thou heart broken for a little love | A |
| Then love shall fill thy girth | J |
| And love make fat thy dearth | J |
| When new spring builds new heaven and clean new earth | J |
Christina Rossetti
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