Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DD EE FF GG HHH| Love | A |
| Truth went forth on a search one day | B |
| I For the source of love that he might say | B |
| He had found its depth and its breadth for aye | C |
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| He met a miser bent and old | D |
| And his mission to him he promptly told | D |
| 'Love ' said the miser 'is yellow gold ' | - |
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| He sought a maiden young and fair | E |
| With orange blossoms in her hair | E |
| Who whispered 'My love is waiting there ' | - |
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| To a struggling youth at last Truth came | F |
| As he toiled and studied and spoke his name | F |
| 'Love ' said the youth 'is a thing called fame ' | - |
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| 'Love ' mocked a man with features sour | G |
| Before whom others were made to cower | G |
| 'Love yes love is worldly power ' | - |
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| A pale weak woman Truth chanced to see | H |
| Rocking a baby on her knee | H |
| 'Only a mother knows love ' said she | H |
Edgar Albert Guest
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Yogi kannan: Truth on a search
To define ' love ',
Knocking from door
To door for its depth,
For a few It's gold ,
Waiting for the other,
Fame for some, but
Maternal instincts
Define what is Love..
Thoughtful poem....
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