My Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJ KLIM AKNOPHQ JQ KQQHRQO Q IQ| my love | A |
| thy hair is one kingdom | B |
| the king whereof is darkness | C |
| thy forehead is a flight of flowers | D |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| thy legs are the trees of dreaming | J |
| whose fruit is the very eatage of forgetfulness | Q |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| in thy beauty is the dilemma of flutes | Q |
| - | |
| thy eyes are the betrayal | I |
| of bells comprehended through incense | Q |
E. E. Cummings
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