A Legend Of The Dove Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IBJB| Soft from the linden's bough | A |
| Unmoved against the tranquil afternoon | B |
| Eve's dove laments her now | A |
| Ah gone long gone shall not I find thee soon | B |
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| That yearning in his voice | C |
| Told not to Paradise a sorrow's tale | D |
| As other birds rejoice | C |
| He sang a brother to the nightingale | D |
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| By twilight on her breast | E |
| He saw the flower sleep the star awake | F |
| And calling her from rest | E |
| Made all the dawn melodious for her sake | F |
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| And then the Tempter's breath | G |
| The sword of exile and the mortal chain | H |
| The heritage of death | G |
| That gave her heart to dust his own to pain | H |
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| In Eden desolate | I |
| The seraph heard his lonely music swoon | B |
| As now reiterate | J |
| Ah gone long gone shall not I find thee soon | B |
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