Venus In A Garden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGB DHEI AJJBGB| 'Twas at early morning | A |
| The dawn was blushing in her purple bed | B |
| When in a sweet embowered garden | C |
| She the fairest of the goddesses | D |
| The lovely Venus | E |
| Roamed amongst the roses white and red | B |
| She sought for flowers | F |
| To make a garland | G |
| For her golden head | B |
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| Snow white roses blood red roses | D |
| In that sweet garden close | H |
| Offered incense to the goddess | E |
| Both the white and the crimson rose | I |
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| White roses red roses blossoming | A |
| But the fair Venus knew | J |
| The crimson roses had gained their hue | J |
| From the hearts that for love had bled | B |
| And the goddess made a garland | G |
| Gathered from the roses red | B |
James Weldon Johnson
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