Valentine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN| Too high too high to pluck | A |
| My heart shall swing | B |
| A fruit no bee shall suck | A |
| No wasp shall sting | B |
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| If on some night of cold | C |
| It falls to ground | D |
| In apple leaves of gold | C |
| I'll wrap it round | D |
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| And I shall seal it up | E |
| With spice and salt | F |
| In a carven silver cup | E |
| In a deep vault | F |
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| Before my eyes are blind | G |
| And my lips mute | H |
| I must eat core and rind | G |
| Of that same fruit | H |
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| Before my heart is dust | I |
| By the end of all | J |
| Eat it I must I must | I |
| Were it bitter gall | J |
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| But I shall keep it sweet | K |
| By some strange art | L |
| Wild honey I shall eat | K |
| When I eat my heart | L |
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| O honey cool and chaste | M |
| As clover's breath | N |
| Sweet Heaven I shall taste | M |
| Before my death | N |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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