Leonardo's 'monna Lisa' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABCADEDFDF| MAKE thyself known Sibyl or let despair | A |
| Of knowing thee be absolute I wait | B |
| Hour long and waste a soul What word of fate | B |
| Hides 'twixt the lips which smile and still forbear | A |
| Secret perfection Mystery too fair | A |
| Tangle the sense no more lest I should hate | B |
| Thy delicate tyranny the inviolate | C |
| Poise of thy folded hands thy fallen hair | A |
| Nay nay I wrong thee with rough words still be | D |
| Serene victorious inaccessible | E |
| Still smile but speak not lightest irony | D |
| Lurk ever 'neath thine eyelids' shadow still | F |
| O'ertop our knowledge Sphinx of Italy | D |
| Allure us and reject us at thy will | F |
Edward Dowden
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