La Bella Mano Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACBBDAB CBBCCEECBBBBBB| O BELLA Mano che ti lavi e piaci | A |
| In quel medesmo tuo puro elemento | B |
| Donde la Dea dell' amoroso avvento | B |
| Nacque e dall' onda s'infuocar le faci | A |
| Di mille inispegnibili fornaci | A |
| Come a Venere a te l'oro e l'argento | B |
| Offron gli Amori e ognun riguarda attento | B |
| La bocca che sorride e te che taci | A |
| In dolce modo dove onor t' invii | C |
| Vattene adorna e porta insiem fra tante | B |
| Di Venere e di vergine sembiante | B |
| Umilemente in luoghi onesti e pii | D |
| Bianca e soave ognora infin che sii | A |
| O Mano mansueta in man d'amante | B |
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| O LOVELY hand that thy sweet self dost lave | C |
| In that thy pure and proper element | B |
| Whence erst the Lady of Love's high adv nt | B |
| Was born and endless fires sprang from the wave | C |
| Even as her Loves to her their offerings gave | C |
| For thee the jewelled gifts they bear while each | E |
| Looks to those lips of music measured speech | E |
| The fount and of more bliss than man may crave | C |
| In royal wise ring girt and bracelet spann'd | B |
| A flower of Venus' own virginity | B |
| Go shine among thy sisterly sweet band | B |
| In maiden minded converse delicately | B |
| Evermore white and soft until thou be | B |
| O hand heart handsel'd in a lover's hand | B |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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