Don Juan Sings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC ECCE FGGFLightly kiss and lightly pass | A |
Ere the sleeping Love shall wake | B |
Nimble footed lean and take | B |
Blossoms from a blind morass | A |
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Past the dragon coiled in slumber | C |
Steal and filch his guarded gold | D |
Taking all your hands may hold | D |
And your hasty glances number | C |
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Shadowy breasts and breasts of snow | E |
Bear the rounded fruits of pleasure | C |
Taste them all nor seek to treasure | C |
Aught that turns to dust and woe | E |
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Somber locks and tresses fair | F |
In them all your fingers tangle | G |
Leave them lest your heart should strangle | G |
In a noose of woman's hair | F |
Clark Ashton Smith
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