The Oriole. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIHI JJHJ KJLJ MJNJ OPMP| One of the ones that Midas touched | A |
| Who failed to touch us all | B |
| Was that confiding prodigal | C |
| The blissful oriole | D |
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| So drunk he disavows it | E |
| With badinage divine | F |
| So dazzling we mistake him | G |
| For an alighting mine | F |
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| A pleader a dissembler | H |
| An epicure a thief | I |
| Betimes an oratorio | H |
| An ecstasy in chief | I |
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| The Jesuit of orchards | J |
| He cheats as he enchants | J |
| Of an entire attar | H |
| For his decamping wants | J |
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| The splendor of a Burmah | K |
| The meteor of birds | J |
| Departing like a pageant | L |
| Of ballads and of bards | J |
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| I never thought that Jason sought | M |
| For any golden fleece | J |
| But then I am a rural man | N |
| With thoughts that make for peace | J |
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| But if there were a Jason | O |
| Tradition suffer me | P |
| Behold his lost emolument | M |
| Upon the apple tree | P |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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