Two Roses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG AHAH AAAAA humble wild rose pink and slender | A |
Was plucked and placed in a bright bouquet | B |
Beside a Jacqueminot s royal splendour | A |
And both in my lady s boudoir lay | B |
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Said the haughty bud in a tone of scorning | C |
I wonder why you are called a rose | D |
Your leaves will fade in a single morning | C |
No blood of mine in your pale cheek glows | D |
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Your course green stalk shows dust of the highway | B |
You have no depths of fragrant bloom | E |
And what could you learn in a rustic byway | B |
To fit you to lie in my lady s room | E |
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If called to adorn her warm white bosom | F |
What have you to offer for such a place | G |
Beside my fragrant and splendid blossom | F |
Ripe with colour and rich with grace | G |
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Said the sweet wild rose Despite your dower | A |
Of finer breeding and deeper hue | H |
Despite your beauty fair high bred flower | A |
It is I who should lie on her breast not you | H |
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For small account is your hot house glory | A |
Beside the knowledge that came to me | A |
When I heard by the wayside love s old story | A |
And felt the kiss of the amorous bee | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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