Love's Language (preface To "poems Of Progress") Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EECCFF GGCCHH| When silence flees before the voice of Love | A |
| Of what expression does that god approve | B |
| Is dulcet song or flowing verse his choice | C |
| Or stately prose made regal by his voice | C |
| Speaks Love in couplets or in epics grand | D |
| And is Love humble or does he command | D |
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| There is no language that Love does not speak | E |
| To day commanding and to morrow meek | E |
| One hour laconic and the next verbose | C |
| With hope triumphant and with doubt morose | C |
| His varying moods all forms of speech employ | F |
| To give expression to his painful joy | F |
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| To voice the phases of his joyful pain | G |
| He rings the changes on the poet's strain | G |
| Yet not in epic epigram or verse | C |
| Can Love the passion of his heart rehearse | C |
| All speech all language is inadequate | H |
| There are no words with Love commensurate | H |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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