Comparisons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EBFG HIFG EIJG KLMN EOLG C| Touch my hands with your fingers yellow wallflower | A |
| Did God use a bluer paint | B |
| Painting the sky for the gold sun | C |
| Or making the sea about your two black stars | D |
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| Treasure the touches of my fingers | E |
| God did not spread his bluest paint | B |
| On a hollow sky or a girl's eye | F |
| But on a topaz chain from you to me | G |
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| Touch my temples with your fingers scarlet rose | H |
| Did God use a stronger light | I |
| When He fashioned and dropped the sun into the sky | F |
| Or dropped your black stars into their blue sea | G |
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| Treasure the touches of my fingers | E |
| God did not spend His strongest light | I |
| On a sun above or a look of love | J |
| But on a round gold ring from you to me | G |
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| Touch my cheeks with your fingers blue hyacinth | K |
| Did God use a whiter silk | L |
| Weaving the veil for your fevered roses | M |
| Or spinning the moon that lies across your face | N |
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| Treasure the touches of my fingers | E |
| God did not waste His whitest web | O |
| On veils of silk or moons of milk | L |
| But on a marriage cap from you to me | G |
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| Popular Song of Baluchistan | C |
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