A Waft Of Perfume Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG HIHI JAJA| A waft of perfume from a bit of lace | A |
| Moved lightly by a passing woman's hand | B |
| And on the common street a sensuous grace | A |
| Shone suddenly from some lost time and land | B |
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| Tall structures changed to dome and parapet | C |
| The stern faced Church an oracle became | D |
| In sheltered alcoves marble busts were set | C |
| And on the wall frail Lais wrote her name | D |
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| Phryne before her judges stood at bay | E |
| Fearing the rigour of Athenian laws | F |
| Till Hyperides tore her cloak away | E |
| And bade her splendid beauty plead its cause | G |
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| Great Alexander walking in the dusk | H |
| Dreamed of the hour when Greek with Greek should meet | I |
| From Thais' window attar breathed and musk | H |
| His footsteps went no farther down the street | I |
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| Faint and more faint the pungent perfume grew | J |
| Of wall and parapet remained no trace | A |
| Temple and statue vanished from the view | J |
| The city street again was commonplace | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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