A Red Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ| Your lips are like a southern lily red | A |
| Wet with the soft rain kisses of the night | B |
| In which the brown bee buries deep its head | A |
| When still the dawn's a silver sea of light | B |
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| Your lips betray the secret of your soul | C |
| The dark delicious essence that is you | D |
| A mystery of life the flaming goal | C |
| I seek through mazy pathways strange and new | D |
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| Your lips are the red symbol of a dream | E |
| What visions of warm lilies they impart | F |
| That line the green bank of a fair blue stream | E |
| With butterflies and bees close to each heart | F |
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| Brown bees that murmur sounds of music rare | G |
| That softly fall upon the langourous breeze | H |
| Wafting them gently on the quiet air | G |
| Among untended avenues of trees | H |
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| O were I hovering a bee to probe | I |
| Deep down within your scented heart fair flower | J |
| Enfolded by your soft vermilion robe | I |
| Amorous of sweets for but one perfect hour | J |
Claude Mckay
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