You've Seen Balloons Set'haven't You? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFGH IJKJ LMNM OPQR| A | |
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| You've seen Balloons set Haven't You | B |
| So stately they ascend | C |
| It is as Swans discarded You | B |
| For Duties Diamond | D |
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| Their Liquid Feet go softly out | E |
| Upon a Sea of Blonde | F |
| They spurn the Air as t'were too mean | G |
| For Creatures so renowned | H |
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| Their Ribbons just beyond the eye | I |
| They struggle some for Breath | J |
| And yet the Crowd applaud below | K |
| They would not encore Death | J |
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| The Gilded Creature strains and spins | L |
| Trips frantic in a Tree | M |
| Tears open her imperial Veins | N |
| And tumbles in the Sea | M |
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| The Crowd retire with an Oath | O |
| The Dust in Streets go down | P |
| And Clerks in Counting Rooms | Q |
| Observe 'Twas only a Balloon | R |
Emily Dickinson
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