Sonnet 38 - First Time He Kissed Me, He But Only Kissed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCC BCCBBDBDB| XXXVIII | A |
| - | |
| First time he kissed me he but only kissed | B |
| The fingers of this hand wherewith I write | C |
| And ever since it grew more clean and white | C |
| Slow to world greetings quick with its 'Oh list ' | - |
| When the angels speak A ring of amethyst | B |
| I could not wear here plainer to my sight | C |
| Than that first kiss The second passed in height | C |
| The first and sought the forehead and half missed | B |
| Half falling on the hair O beyond meed | B |
| That was the chrism of love which love's own crown | D |
| With sanctifying sweetness did precede | B |
| The third upon my lips was folded down | D |
| In perfect purple state since when indeed | B |
| I have been proud and said 'My love my own ' | - |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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