Love's Reason Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABCA DEDFGG| For that thy face is fair I love thee not | A |
| Nor yet because the light of thy brown eyes | B |
| Hath gleams of wonder and of glad surprise | B |
| Like woodland streams that cross a sunlit spot | A |
| Nor for thy beauty born without a blot | A |
| Most perfect when it shines through no disguise | B |
| Pure as the star of Eve in Paradise | C |
| For all these outward things I love thee not | A |
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| But for a something in thy form and face | D |
| Thy looks and ways of primal harmony | E |
| A certain soothing charm a vital grace | D |
| That breathes of the eternal womanly | F |
| And makes me feel the warmth of Nature's breast | G |
| When in her arms and thine I sink to rest | G |
Henry Van Dyke
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