To Mary, On Receiving Her Picture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFH IJIJ KLKL MNON MAMA| This faint resemblance of thy charms | A |
| Though strong as mortal art could give | B |
| My constant heart of fear disarms | A |
| Revives my hopes and bids me live | C |
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| Here I can trace the locks of gold | D |
| Which round thy snowy forehead wave | E |
| The cheeks which sprung from Beauty's mould | D |
| The lips which made me Beauty's slave | E |
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| Here I can trace ah no that eye | F |
| Whose azure floats in liquid fire | G |
| Must all the painter's art defy | F |
| And bid him from the task retire | H |
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| Here I behold its beauteous hue | I |
| But where's the beam so sweetly straying | J |
| Which gave a lustre to its blue | I |
| Like Luna o'er the ocean playing | J |
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| Sweet copy far more dear to me | K |
| Lifeless unfeeling as thou art | L |
| Than all the living forms could be | K |
| Save her who plac'd thee next my heart | L |
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| She plac'd it sad with needless fear | M |
| Lest time might shake my wavering soul | N |
| Unconscious that her image there | O |
| Held every sense in fast control | N |
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| Thro' hours thro' years thro' time 'twill cheer | M |
| My hope in gloomy moments raise | A |
| In life's last conflict 'twill appear | M |
| And meet my fond expiring gaze | A |
George Gordon Byron
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