St. Valentine's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACD EFFEGH IAAIJJ KLMKNN| Let loose the sails of love and let them fill | A |
| With breezes sweet with tenderness to day | B |
| Scorn not the praises youthful lovers say | B |
| Romance is old but it is lovely still | A |
| Not he who shows his love deserves the jeer | C |
| But he who speaks not what she longs to hear | D |
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| There is no shame in love's devoted speech | E |
| Man need not blush his tenderness to show | F |
| 'Tis shame to love and never let her know | F |
| To keep his heart forever out of reach | E |
| Not he the fool who lets his love go on | G |
| But he who spurns it when his love is won | H |
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| Men proudly vaunt their love of gold and fame | I |
| High station and accomplishments of skill | A |
| Yet of life's greatest conquest they are still | A |
| And deem it weakness or an act of shame | I |
| To seem to place high value on the love | J |
| Which first of all they should be proudest of | J |
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| Let loose the sails of love and let them take | K |
| The tender breezes till the day be spent | L |
| Only the fool chokes out life's sentiment | M |
| She is a prize too lovely to forsake | K |
| Be not ashamed to send your valentine | N |
| She has your love but needs its outward sign | N |
Edgar Albert Guest
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