Her Nails Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJCKL DCCLMN CCOMI D| She is as wise as Hippocrates | A |
| As beautiful as Joseph | B |
| As sweet voiced as David | C |
| As pure as Mary | D |
| - | |
| I am as sad as Jacob | E |
| As lonely as Jonah | F |
| As patient as Job | G |
| As unfortunate as Adam | H |
| - | |
| When I met her again | I |
| And saw her nails | J |
| Prettily purpled | C |
| I reproached her for making up | K |
| When I was not there | L |
| - | |
| She told me gently | D |
| That she was no coquette | C |
| But had wept tears of blood | C |
| Because I was not there | L |
| And maybe she had dried her eyes | M |
| With her little hands | N |
| - | |
| I would like to have wept before she wept | C |
| But she wept first | C |
| And has the better love | O |
| Her eyes are long eyes | M |
| And her brows are the bows of subtle strong men | I |
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| From the Arabic of Yazid Ebn Moauia seventh century | D |
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