Paradise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFE BGGCHIJI KLLKMNON PQQPRSTS UVVWXSSS YSSZSSA2S| Once in a dream I saw the flowers | A |
| That bud and bloom in Paradise | B |
| More fair they are than waking eyes | C |
| Have seen in all this world of ours | A |
| And faint the perfume bearing rose | D |
| And faint the lily on its stem | E |
| And faint the perfect violet | F |
| Compared with them | E |
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| I heard the songs of Paradise | B |
| Each bird sat singing in his place | G |
| A tender song so full of grace | G |
| It soared like incense to the skies | C |
| Each bird sat singing to his mate | H |
| Soft cooing notes among the trees | I |
| The nightingale herself were cold | J |
| To such as these | I |
| - | |
| I saw the fourfold River flow | K |
| And deep it was with golden sand | L |
| It flowed between a mossy land | L |
| With murmured music grave and low | K |
| It hath refreshment for all thirst | M |
| For fainting spirits strength and rest | N |
| Earth holds not such a draught as this | O |
| From east to west | N |
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| The Tree of Life stood budding there | P |
| Abundant with its twelvefold fruits | Q |
| Eternal sap sustains its roots | Q |
| Its shadowing branches fill the air | P |
| Its leaves are healing for the world | R |
| Its fruit the hungry world can feed | S |
| Sweeter than honey to the taste | T |
| And balm indeed | S |
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| I saw the gate called Beautiful | U |
| And looked but scarce could look within | V |
| I saw the golden streets begin | V |
| And outskirts of the glassy pool | W |
| Oh harps oh crowns of plenteous stars | X |
| O green palm branches many leaved | S |
| Eye hath not seen nor ear hath heard | S |
| Nor heart conceived | S |
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| I hope to see these things again | Y |
| But not as once in dreams by night | S |
| To see them with my very sight | S |
| And touch and handle and attain | Z |
| To have all Heaven beneath my feet | S |
| For narrow way that once they trod | S |
| To have my part with all the saints | A2 |
| And with my God | S |
Christina Rossetti
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