My Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJ KLIM AKNOPHQ JQ KQQHRQO Q IQmy love | A |
thy hair is one kingdom | B |
the king whereof is darkness | C |
thy forehead is a flight of flowers | D |
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thy head is a quick forest | E |
filled with sleeping birds | F |
thy breasts are swarms of white bees | G |
upon the bough of thy body | H |
thy body to me is April | I |
in whose armpits is the approach of spring | J |
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thy thighs are white horses yoked to a chariot | K |
of kings | L |
they are the striking of a good minstrel | I |
between them is always a pleasant song | M |
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my love | A |
thy head is a casket | K |
of the cool jewel of thy mind | N |
the hair of thy head is one warrior | O |
innocent of defeat | P |
thy hair upon thy shoulders is an army | H |
with victory and with trumpets | Q |
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thy legs are the trees of dreaming | J |
whose fruit is the very eatage of forgetfulness | Q |
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thy lips are satraps in scarlet | K |
in whose kiss is the combinings of kings | Q |
thy wrists | Q |
are holy | H |
which are the keepers of the keys of thy blood | R |
thy feet upon thy ankles are flowers in vases | Q |
of silver | O |
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in thy beauty is the dilemma of flutes | Q |
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thy eyes are the betrayal | I |
of bells comprehended through incense | Q |
E. E. Cummings
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