Two Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKJK| One leaned on velvet cushions like a queen | A |
| To see him pass the hero of an hour | B |
| Whom men called great She bowed with languid mien | A |
| And smiled and blushed and knew her beauty's power | B |
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| One trailed her tinselled garments through the street | C |
| And thrust aside the crowd and found a place | D |
| So near the blooded courser's prancing feet | C |
| Cast sparks of fire upon her painted face | D |
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| One took the hot house blossoms from her breast | E |
| And tossed them down as he went riding by | F |
| And blushed rose red to see them fondly pressed | E |
| To bearded lips while eye spoke unto eye | F |
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| One bold and hardened with her sinful life | G |
| Yet shrank and shivered painfully because | H |
| His cruel glance cut keener than a knife | G |
| The glance of him who made her what she was | I |
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| One was observed and lifted up to fame | J |
| Because the hero smiled upon her while | K |
| One who was shunned and hated found her shame | J |
| In basking in the death light of his smile | K |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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