A Perfect Strain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKCK HLMLNOPOMQAQO 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 |
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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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