Mercedes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKII| Under a sultry yellow sky | A |
| On the yellow sand I lie | A |
| The crinkled vapors smite my brain | B |
| I smoulder in a fiery pain | B |
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| Above the crags the condor flies | C |
| He knows where the red gold lies | C |
| He knows where the diamonds shine | D |
| If I knew would she be mine | D |
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| Mercedes in her hammock swings | E |
| In her court a palm tree flings | E |
| Its slender shadow on the ground | F |
| The fountain falls with silver sound | F |
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| Her lips are like this cactus cup | G |
| With my hand I crush it up | G |
| I tear its flaming leaves apart | H |
| Would that I could tear her heart | H |
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| Last night a man was at her gate | I |
| In the hedge I lay in wait | I |
| I saw Mercedes meet him there | J |
| By the fireflies in her hair | J |
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| I waited till the break of day | K |
| Then I rose and stole away | K |
| But left my dagger in the gate | I |
| Now she knows her lover's fate | I |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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