Twice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDBDC AEAFGEGF HIHJKIKJ ALAMALAM NONPQOQP ARASTUTS| I took my heart in my hand | A |
| O my love O my love | B |
| I said Let me fall or stand | A |
| Let me live or die | C |
| But this once hear me speak | D |
| O my love O my love | B |
| Yet a woman's words are weak | D |
| You should speak not I | C |
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| You took my heart in your hand | A |
| With a friendly smile | E |
| With a critical eye you scanned | A |
| Then set it down | F |
| And said It is still unripe | G |
| Better wait awhile | E |
| Wait while the skylarks pipe | G |
| Till the corn grows brown | F |
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| As you set it down it broke | H |
| Broke but I did not wince | I |
| I smiled at the speech you spoke | H |
| At your judgment that I heard | J |
| But I have not often smiled | K |
| Since then nor questioned since | I |
| Nor cared for corn flowers wild | K |
| Nor sung with the singing bird | J |
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| I take my heart in my hand | A |
| O my God O my God | L |
| My broken heart in my hand | A |
| Thou hast seen judge Thou | M |
| My hope was written on sand | A |
| O my God O my God | L |
| Now let Thy judgment stand | A |
| Yea judge me now | M |
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| This contemned of a man | N |
| This marred one heedless day | O |
| This heart take Thou to scan | N |
| Both within and without | P |
| Refine with fire its gold | Q |
| Purge Thou its dross away | O |
| Yea hold it in Thy hold | Q |
| Whence none can pluck it out | P |
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| I take my heart in my hand | A |
| I shall not die but live | R |
| Before Thy face I stand | A |
| I for Thou callest such | S |
| All that I have I bring | T |
| All that I am I give | U |
| Smile Thou and I shall sing | T |
| But shall not question much | S |
Christina Rossetti
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