Five Kisses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFEGHIHAA D JKLKMNONPPPMM A QRRQQRRQ STUSTU A VWVWXYXYTZTZA2A2 B2 PQC2PPTTPDD2D2DE2E2| I THE MOTHER'S KISS | A |
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| Love breathed a secret to her listening heart | B |
| And said Be silent Though she guarded it | C |
| And dwelt as one within a world apart | B |
| Yet sun and star seemed by that secret lit | C |
| And where she passed each whispering wind ablow | D |
| And every little blossom in the sod | E |
| Called joyously to her We know we know | F |
| For are we not the intimates of God | E |
| Life grew so radiant and so opulent | G |
| That when her fragile body and her brain | H |
| By mortal throes of agony were rent | I |
| She felt a curious rapture in her pain | H |
| Then after anguish came the supreme bliss | A |
| They brought the little baby for her kiss | A |
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| II THE BETROTHAL | D |
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| There was a little pause between the dances | J |
| Without somewhere a tinkling fountain played | K |
| The dusky path was lit by ardent glances | L |
| As forth they fared a lover and a maid | K |
| He chose a nook from curious eyes well hidden | M |
| All redolent with sweet midsummer charm | N |
| And by the great primeval instinct bidden | O |
| He drew her in the shelter of his arm | N |
| The words that long deep in his heart had trembled | P |
| Found sudden utterance she at first dissembled | P |
| Refused her lips and half withdrew her hand | P |
| Then murmured Yes and yielded woman fashion | M |
| Her virgin mouth to young love's kiss of passion | M |
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| III THE BRIDAL KISS | A |
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| As fleecy clouds trail back across the skies | Q |
| Showing the sweet young moon in azure space | R |
| The lifted veil revealed her shining face | R |
| A sudden wonder to his eager eyes | Q |
| In that familiar beauty lurked surprise | Q |
| For now the wife stood in the maiden's place | R |
| With conscious dignity and woman's grace | R |
| And love's large pride grown trebly fair and wise | Q |
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| The world receded leaving them alone | S |
| The universe was theirs from sphere to sphere | T |
| And life assumed new meaning and new worth | U |
| Love held no privilege they did not own | S |
| And when they kissed each other without fear | T |
| They understood why God had made the earth | U |
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| IV DOMESTIC BLISS | A |
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| Sequestered in their calm domestic bower | V |
| They sat together He in manhood's prime | W |
| And she a matron in her fullest flower | V |
| The mantel clock gave forth a warning chime | W |
| She put her work aside his bright cigar | X |
| Grew pale and crumbled in an ashen heap | Y |
| The lights went out save one remaining star | X |
| That watched beside the children in their sleep | Y |
| She hummed a little song and nestled near | T |
| As side by side they went to their repose | Z |
| His arm about her waist he whispered Dear | T |
| And pressed his lips upon her mouth's full rose | Z |
| The sacred sweetness of their wedded life | A2 |
| Breathed in that kiss of husband and of wife | A2 |
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| V OLD AGE | B2 |
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| The young see heaven but to the old who wait | P |
| The final call the hills of youth arise | Q |
| More beautiful than shores of Paradise | C2 |
| Beside a glowing and voracious grate | P |
| A dozing couple dream of yesterday | P |
| The islands of a vanished past appear | T |
| Bringing forgotten names and faces near | T |
| While lost in mist the present fades away | P |
| The fragrant winds of tender memories blow | D |
| Across the gardens of the Used to be | D2 |
| They smile into each other's eyes and see | D2 |
| The bride and bridegroom of the long ago | D |
| And tremulous lips pressed close to faded cheek | E2 |
| Love's silent tale of deathless passion speak | E2 |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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