Modern Love Xxvi: Love Ere He Bleeds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACDDCEFFEGFFG| Love ere he bleeds an eagle in high skies | A |
| Has earth beneath his wings from reddened eve | B |
| He views the rosy dawn In vain they weave | B |
| The fatal web below while far he flies | A |
| But when the arrow strikes him there's a change | C |
| He moves but in the track of his spent pain | D |
| Whose red drops are the links of a harsh chain | D |
| Binding him to the ground with narrow range | C |
| A subtle serpent then has Love become | E |
| I had the eagle in my bosom erst | F |
| Henceforward with the serpent I am cursed | F |
| I can interpret where the mouth is dumb | E |
| Speak and I see the side lie of a truth | G |
| Perchance my heart may pardon you this deed | F |
| But be no coward you that made Love bleed | F |
| You must bear all the venom of his tooth | G |
George Meredith
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