A Perfect Strain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKCK HLMLNOPOMQAQ| O BID the minstrel tune his harp | A |
| And bid the minstrel sing | B |
| And let it be a perfect strain | C |
| That round the hall shall ring | B |
| A strain to throb in lady's heart | D |
| To brim the warrior's soul | E |
| As dew fills up the summer rose | F |
| And wine the lordly bowl | E |
| - | |
| O let the minstrel's voice ring clear | G |
| His touch sweep gay and light | H |
| Nor let his glittering tresses know | I |
| One streak of wintry white | H |
| And let the light of ruddy June | J |
| Shine in his joyous eyes | K |
| If he would wake the only strain | C |
| That never fully dies | K |
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| O what the strain that woos the knight | H |
| To turn from steed and lance | L |
| The page to turn from hound and hawk | M |
| The maid from lute and dance | L |
| The potent strain that nigh would draw | N |
| The hermit from his cave | O |
| The dryad from the leafy oak | P |
| The mermaid from the wave | O |
| That almost might still charm the hawk | M |
| To drop the trembling dove | Q |
| O ruddy minstrel tune thy harp | A |
| And sing of Youthful Love | Q |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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