Silently She's Combing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFCF GCCC CHCI| XXIV | A |
| - | |
| Silently she's combing | B |
| Combing her long hair | C |
| Silently and graciously | D |
| With many a pretty air | C |
| - | |
| The sun is in the willow leaves | E |
| And on the dapplled grass | F |
| And still she's combing her long hair | C |
| Before the looking glass | F |
| - | |
| I pray you cease to comb out | G |
| Comb out your long hair | C |
| For I have heard of witchery | C |
| Under a pretty air | C |
| - | |
| That makes as one thing to the lover | C |
| Staying and going hence | H |
| All fair with many a pretty air | C |
| And many a negligence | I |
James Joyce
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