To A. ------ Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK DLDL JMJM| A | |
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| Oh did those eyes instead of fire | B |
| With bright but mild affection shine | C |
| Though they might kindle less desire | B |
| Love more than mortal would be thine | C |
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| For thou art form'd so heavenly fair | D |
| Howe'er those orbs may wildly beam | E |
| We must admire but still despair | D |
| That fatal glance forbids esteem | E |
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| When nature stamp'd thy beauteous birth | F |
| So much perfection in thee shone | G |
| She fear'd that too divine for earth | F |
| The skies might claim thee for their own | G |
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| Therefore to guard her dearest work | H |
| Lest angels might dispute the prize | I |
| She bade a secret lightning lurk | H |
| Within those once celestial eyes | I |
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| These might the boldest Sylph appal | J |
| When gleaming with meridian blaze | K |
| Thy beauty must enrapture all | J |
| But who can dare thine ardent gaze | K |
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| 'Tis said that Berenice's hair | D |
| In stars adorns the vault of heaven | L |
| But they would ne'er permit thee there | D |
| Thou would'st so far outshine the seven | L |
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| For did those eyes as planets roll | J |
| Thy sister lights would scarce appear | M |
| E'en suns which systems now controul | J |
| Would twinkle dimly through their sphere | M |
George Gordon Byron
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