A Lost Angel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCBDBDB EBEBFBFBGBGB HBHBIBIBJBJBKBKBLBLB| When first we met she seemed so white | A |
| I feared her | B |
| As one might near a spirit bright | A |
| I neared her | B |
| An angel pure from heaven above | C |
| I dreamed her | B |
| And far too good for human love | C |
| I deemed her | B |
| A spirit free from mortal taint | D |
| I thought her | B |
| And incense as unto a saint | D |
| I brought her | B |
| - | |
| Well incense burning did not seem | E |
| To please her | B |
| And insolence I feared she'd deem | E |
| To squeeze her | B |
| Nor did I dare for that same why | F |
| To kiss her | B |
| Lest shocked she'd cause my eager eye | F |
| To miss her | B |
| I sickened thinking of some way | G |
| To win her | B |
| When lo she asked me one fine day | G |
| To dinner | B |
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| Twas thus that made of common flesh | H |
| I found her | B |
| And in a mortal lover's mesh | H |
| I wound her | B |
| Embraces kisses loving looks | I |
| I gave her | B |
| And buying bon bons flowers and books | I |
| I save her | B |
| For her few honest human taints | J |
| I love her | B |
| Nor would I change for all the saints | J |
| Above her | B |
| Those eyes that little face that so | K |
| Endear her | B |
| And all the human joy I know | K |
| When near her | B |
| And I am glad when to my breast | L |
| I press her | B |
| She's just a woman like the rest | L |
| God bless her | B |
Ellis Parker Butler
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