First Glance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GGHH| A budding mouth and warm blue eyes | A |
| A laughing face and laughing hair | B |
| So ruddy does it rise | A |
| From off that forehead fair | B |
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| Frank fervor in whate'er she said | C |
| And a shy grace when she was still | D |
| A bright elastic tread | C |
| Enthusiastic will | D |
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| These wrought the magic of a maid | E |
| As sweet and sad as the sun in spring | F |
| Joyous yet half afraid | E |
| Her joyousness to sing | F |
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| What weighs the unworthiness of earth | G |
| When beauty such as this finds birth | G |
| Rare maid to look on thee | H |
| Gives all things harmony | H |
George Parsons Lathrop
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