And What Were Roses. Perfume?for I Do Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CBA A BBA DBEFBG HH Dand what were roses Perfume for i do | A |
forget or mere Music mounting unsurely | B |
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twilight | C |
but here were something more maturely | B |
childish more beautiful almost than you | A |
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Yet if not flower tell me softly who | A |
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be these haunters of dreams always demurely | B |
halfsmiling from cool faces moving purely | B |
with muted steps yet somewhat proudly too | A |
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are they not ladies ladies of my dreams | D |
justly touching roses their fingers whitely | B |
live by | E |
or better | F |
queens queens laughing lightly | B |
crowned with far colors | G |
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thinking very much | H |
of nothing and whom dawn loves most to touch | H |
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wishing by willows bending upon streams | D |
E. E. Cummings
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