Venus Verticordia (for A Picture) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAACCADEDEEFGAAGGA AGHHIJJK| SHE hath the apple in her hand for thee | A |
| Yet almost in her heart would hold it back | B |
| She muses with her eyes upon the track | B |
| Of that which in thy spirit they can see | A |
| Haply Behold he is at peace saith she | A |
| Alas the apple for his lips the dart | C |
| That follows its brief sweetness to his heart | C |
| The wandering of his feet perpetually | A |
| A little space her glance is still and coy | D |
| But if she give the fruit that works her spell | E |
| Those eyes shall flame as for her Phrygian boy | D |
| Then shall her bird's strained throat the woe foretell | E |
| And her far seas moan as a single shell | E |
| Pandora For a Picture | F |
| WHAT of the end Pandora Was it thine | G |
| The deed that set these fiery pinions free | A |
| Ah wherefore did the Olympian consistory | A |
| In its own likeness make thee half divine | G |
| Was it that Juno's brow might stand a sign | G |
| For ever and the mien of Pallas be | A |
| A deadly thing and that all men might see | A |
| In Venus' eyes the gaze of Proserpine | G |
| What of the end These beat their wings at will | H |
| The ill born things the good things turned to ill | H |
| Powers of the impassioned hours prohibited | I |
| Aye clench the casket now Whither they go | J |
| Thou mayst not dare to think nor canst thou know | J |
| If Hope still pent there be alive or dead | K |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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