Monkshood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGDHIJ KLMNODPD DQMRSTU VWXSYZ A2M B2MC2 DUQ| Most beautiful of poisons | A |
| border plant | B |
| wearing your small green cowl | C |
| little friar little murderer | D |
| aconitine flows | E |
| from your roots | F |
| to your deep purple flowers | G |
| small deceiver | D |
| centerpiece | H |
| for a poisonous | I |
| feast | J |
| - | |
| A few leaves | K |
| in the salad | L |
| a few seeds | M |
| in the soup | N |
| a thick root | O |
| to flavor | D |
| the stock | P |
| it is all over | D |
| - | |
| Let the lover beware | D |
| who buys you | Q |
| for love philters | M |
| The dose is deceptive | R |
| One pinch leads to passion | S |
| but two will surely lead | T |
| to death | U |
| - | |
| Yet you twinkle | V |
| little blue bell | W |
| at the edge | X |
| of the garden | S |
| wearing no warning | Y |
| about your slim green neck | Z |
| - | |
| Wolfsbane Friar's cap | A2 |
| Chariot of Venus | M |
| - | |
| how many may claim | B2 |
| to be poisonous | M |
| head to toe | C2 |
| - | |
| That honor | D |
| Friar Death | U |
| belongs to you | Q |
Erica Jong
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