A Man's Requirements Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC A DEFE A GGGC HCHC IJKL G G MCMC G G G N N G N N NONO

IA
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Love me Sweet with all thou artB
Feeling thinking seeingC
Love me in the lightest partB
Love me in full beingC
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IIA
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Love me with thine open youthD
In its frank surrenderE
With the vowing of thy mouthF
With its silence tenderE
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IIIA
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Love me with thine azure eyesG
Made for earnest grantingsG
Taking colour from the skiesG
Can Heaven's truth be wantingC
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IV-
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Love me with their lids that fallH
Snow like at first meetingC
Love me with thine heart that allH
Neighbours then see beatingC
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V-
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Love me with thine hand stretched outI
Freely open mindedJ
Love me with thy loitering footK
Hearing one behind itL
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VI-
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Love me with thy voice that turnsG
Sudden faint above me-
Love me with thy blush that burnsG
When I murmur 'Love me '-
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VII-
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Love me with thy thinking soulM
Break it to love sighingC
Love me with thy thoughts that rollM
On through living dyingC
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VIII-
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Love me in thy gorgeous airsG
When the world has crowned thee-
Love me kneeling at thy prayersG
With the angels round thee-
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IXG
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Love me pure as muses doN
Up the woodlands shady-
Love me gaily fast and trueN
As a winsome lady-
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XG
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Through all hopes that keep us brave-
Farther off or nigherN
Love me for the house and grave-
And for something higherN
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XI-
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Thus if thou wilt prove me DearN
Woman's love no fableO
I will love thee half a yearN
As a man is ableO

Elizabeth Barrett Browning



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