Inspiration Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKJK| Not like a daring bold aggressive boy | A |
| Is inspiration eager to pursue | B |
| But rather like a maiden fond yet coy | A |
| Who gives herself to him who best doth woo | B |
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| Once she may smile or thrice thy soul to fire | C |
| In passing by but when she turns her face | D |
| Thou must persist and seek her with desire | C |
| If thou wouldst win the favor of her grace | D |
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| And if like some winged bird she cleaves the air | E |
| And leaves thee spent and stricken on the earth | F |
| Still must thou strive to follow even there | E |
| That she may know thy valor and thy worth | F |
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| Then shall she come unveiling all her charms | G |
| Giving thee joy for pain and smiles for tears | H |
| Then shalt thou clasp her with possessing arms | G |
| The while she murmurs music in thine ears | I |
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| But ere her kiss has faded from thy cheek | J |
| She shall flee from thee over hill and glade | K |
| So must thou seek and ever seek and seek | J |
| For each new conquest of this phantom maid | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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