The Handsome Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CB BCCB DED EDE| at a Gracious Answer | A |
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| 'But tell me child your choice what shall I buy | B |
| You ' 'Father what you buy me I like best ' | - |
| With the sweetest air that said still plied and pressed | C |
| He swung to his first poised purport of reply | B |
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| What the heart is which like carriers let fly | B |
| Doff darkness homing nature knows the rest | C |
| To its own fine function wild and self instressed | C |
| Falls light as ten years long taught how to and why | B |
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| Mannerly hearted more than handsome face | D |
| Beauty's bearing or muse of mounting vein | E |
| All in this case bathed in high hallowing grace | D |
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| Of heaven what boon to buy you boy or gain | E |
| Not granted Only O on that path you pace | D |
| Run all your race O brace sterner that strain | E |
Gerard Manley Hopkins
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