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