Water-lillies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDCEDE| Unwedded from the world I stray through trees | A |
| To where a pool lies mirrored in the sun | B |
| A disk of polished gold that I have won | B |
| With labours not unknown to Hercules | A |
| Slender they bathe all naked as a breeze | A |
| Their nipples hollow and their hair undone | B |
| While from their widespread thighs cool ripples run | B |
| To rock the water lilies round their knees | A |
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| Nymphs of the fountains naiads innocent | C |
| Frail sunbeams who have passed between my arms | D |
| So beautiful in your imprisonment | C |
| Fill now my soul with symbols of delight | E |
| Soft voices and soft fingers and soft charms | D |
| And the perfume of the lotus in the night | E |
Harry Crosby
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