Modern Love Xxxiv: Madam Would Speak With Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCBBCDEEDFBBF| Madam would speak with me So now it comes | A |
| The Deluge or else Fire She's well she thanks | B |
| My husbandship Our chain on silence clanks | B |
| Time leers between above his twiddling thumbs | B |
| Am I quite well Most excellent in health | C |
| The journals too I diligently peruse | B |
| Vesuvius is expected to give news | B |
| Niagara is no noisier By stealth | C |
| Our eyes dart scrutinizing snakes She's glad | D |
| I'm happy says her quivering under lip | E |
| And are not you How can I be Take ship | E |
| For happiness is somewhere to be had | D |
| Nowhere for me Her voice is barely heard | F |
| I am not melted and make no pretence | B |
| With commonplace I freeze her tongue and sense | B |
| Niagara or Vesuvius is deferred | F |
George Meredith
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