Roses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHG IJIJKL L MNMNOPO| When God first viewed the rose He'd made | A |
| He smiled and thought it passing fair | B |
| Upon the bloom His hands He laid | A |
| And gently blessed each petal there | B |
| He summoned in His artists then | C |
| And bade them paint as ne'er before | D |
| Each petal so that earthly men | C |
| Might love the rose for evermore | D |
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| With Heavenly brushes they began | E |
| And one with red limned every leaf | F |
| To signify the love of man | E |
| The first rose white betokened grief | F |
| 'My rose shall deck the bride ' one said | G |
| And so in pink he dipped his brush | H |
| 'And it shall smile beside the dead | G |
| To typify the faded blush ' | - |
| - | |
| And then they came unto His throne | I |
| And laid the roses at His feet | J |
| The crimson bud the bloom full blown | I |
| Filling the air with fragrance sweet | J |
| 'Well done well done ' the Master spake | K |
| 'Henceforth the rose shall bloom on earth | L |
| One fairer blossom I will make ' | - |
| And then a little babe had birth | L |
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| On earth a loving mother lay | M |
| Within a rose decked room and smiled | N |
| But from the blossoms turned away | M |
| To gently kiss her little child | N |
| And then she murmured soft and low | O |
| 'For beauty here a mother seeks | P |
| None but the Master made I know | O |
| The roses in a baby's cheeks ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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