Double Carnations Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBDB EFEF GBGB CBCB HIHH DJDJ| A wild Pink nestled in a garden bed | A |
| A rich Carnation flourished high above her | B |
| One day he chanced to see her pretty head | A |
| And leaned and looked again and grew to love her | B |
| - | |
| The Moss her humble mother saw with fear | C |
| The ardent glances of the princely stranger | B |
| With many an anxious thought and dewy tear | D |
| She sought to hide her darling from this danger | B |
| - | |
| The gardener guardian of this noble bud | E |
| A cruel trellis interposed between them | F |
| No common Pink should mate with royal blood | E |
| He said and sought in every way to wean them | F |
| - | |
| The poor Pink pined and faded day by day | G |
| Her restless lover from his prison bower | B |
| Called in a priestly bee who passed that way | G |
| And sent a message to the sorrowing flower | B |
| - | |
| The fainting Pink wept as the bee drew near | C |
| Droning his prayers and begged him to confess her | B |
| Her weary mother over taxed by fear | C |
| Slept while the priest leaned low to shrive and bless her | B |
| - | |
| But lo ere long the tale went creeping out | H |
| The rich Carnation and the Pink were married | I |
| The cunning bee had brought the thing about | H |
| While Mamma Moss in Slumber's arms had tarried | H |
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| And proud descendants of that loving pair | D |
| The offspring of that true and ardent passion | J |
| Are famous for their beauty everywhere | D |
| And leaders in the floral world of fashion | J |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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