The Old Moon In The New Moon's Arms Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DED FGFG| The beautiful and slender young New Moon | A |
| In trailing robes of pink and palest blue | B |
| Swept close to Venus and breathed low 'A boon | A |
| A precious boon I ask dear friend of you ' | C |
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| 'O queen of light and beauty you have known | D |
| The pangs of love its passions and alarms | E |
| Then grant me this one favour let my own | D |
| My lost Old Moon be once more in my arms ' | - |
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| Swift thro' the vapours and the golden mist | F |
| The Full Moon's shadowy shape shone on the night | G |
| The New Moon reached out clasping arms and kissed | F |
| Her phantom lover in the whole world's sight | G |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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