The Wedding Sermon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHIJKL MNMNOPFPQRQRSTSTUMUM VWVW| 'Now while she's changing ' said the Dean | A |
| 'Her bridal for her traveling dress | B |
| I'll preach allegiance to your queen | A |
| Preaching's the thing which I profess | B |
| And one more minute's mine You know | C |
| I've paid my girl a father's debt | D |
| And this last charge is all I owe | C |
| She's yours but I love more than yet | D |
| You can such fondness only wakes | E |
| When time has raised the heart above | F |
| The prejudice of youth which makes | E |
| Beauty conditional to love | F |
| Prepare to meet the weak alarms | G |
| Of novel nearness recollect | H |
| The eye which magnifies her charms | G |
| Is microscopic for defect | H |
| Fear comes at first but soon rejoiced | I |
| You'll find your strong and tender loves | J |
| Like holy rocks by Druids poised | K |
| The least force shakes but none removes | L |
| Her strength is your esteem beware | M |
| Of finding fault her will's unnerved | N |
| By blame from you 'twould be despair | M |
| But praise that is not quite deserved | N |
| Will all her noble nature move | O |
| To make your utmost wishes true | P |
| Yet think while mending thus your Love | F |
| Of matching her ideal too | P |
| The death of nuptial joy is sloth | Q |
| To keep your mistress in your wife | R |
| Keep to the very height your oath | Q |
| And honor her with arduous life | R |
| Lastly no personal reverence doff | S |
| Life's all externals unto those | T |
| Who pluck the blushing petals off | S |
| To find the secret of the rose | T |
| How long she's tarrying Green's Hotel | U |
| I'm sure you'll like The charge is fair | M |
| The wines good I remember well | U |
| I stayed once with her mother there | M |
| A tender conscience of her vow | V |
| That mother had She's so like her ' | W |
| But Mrs Fife much flurried now | V |
| Whispered 'Miss Honor's ready sir ' | W |
Coventry Patmore
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