The Romaunt Of Margret (excerpts) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGFH E GIGH E GAGH A DGCGH E GJAJKLCLHIX | A |
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My lips do need thy breath | B |
My lips do need thy smile | C |
And my pallid eyne that light in thine | D |
Which met the stars erewhile | C |
Yet go with light and life | E |
If that thou lovest one | F |
In all the earth who loveth thee | G |
As truly as the sun | F |
Margret Margret | H |
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XIV | E |
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But better loveth he | G |
Thy chaliced wine than thy chanted song | I |
And better both than thee | G |
Margret Margret | H |
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XVII | E |
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But better loveth she | G |
Thy golden comb than thy gathered flowers | A |
And better both than thee | G |
Margret Margret | H |
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XXII | A |
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We brake no gold a sign | D |
Of stronger faith to be | G |
But I wear his last look in my soul | C |
Which said I love but thee | G |
Margret Margret | H |
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XXVI | E |
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A knight's bloodhound and he | G |
The funeral watch did keep | J |
With a thought o' the chase he stroked its face | A |
As it howled to see him weep | J |
A fair child kissed the dead | K |
But shrank before its cold | L |
And alone yet proudly in his hall | C |
Did stand a baron of old | L |
Margret Margret | H |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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