Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DD EE FF GG HHHLove | 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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