Song - Born To The Purple Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD EEFFGH IIBBIIIIJJIIEEKKLLII MMFF| W M | A |
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| Most like it was this kingly lad | B |
| Spake out of the pure joy he had | B |
| In his child heart of the wee maid | C |
| Whose eerie beauty sudden laid | C |
| A spell upon him and his words | D |
| Burst as a song of any bird's | D |
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| A peerless Princess thou shalt be | E |
| Through wit of love's rare sorcery | E |
| To crown the crown of thy gold hair | F |
| Thou shalt have rubies bleeding there | F |
| Their crimson splendor midst the marred | G |
| Pulp of great pearls and afterward | H |
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| Leaking in fainter ruddy stains | I |
| Adown thy neck and armlet chains | I |
| Of turquoise chrysoprase and mad | B |
| Light frenzied diamonds dartling glad | B |
| Swift spirts of shine that interfuse | I |
| As though with lucent crystal dews | I |
| That glance and glitter like split rays | I |
| Of sunshine born of burgeoning Mays | I |
| When the first bee tilts down the lip | J |
| Of the first blossom and the drip | J |
| Of blended dew and honey heaves | I |
| Him blinded midst the underleaves | I |
| For raiment Fays shall weave for thee | E |
| Out of the phosphor of the sea | E |
| And the frayed floss of starlight spun | K |
| With counterwarp of the firm sun | K |
| A vesture of such filmy sheen | L |
| As through all ages never queen | L |
| Therewith strove truly to make less | I |
| One fair line of her loveliness | I |
| Thus gowned and crowned with gems and gold | M |
| Thou shalt through centuries untold | M |
| Rule ever young and ever fair | F |
| As now thou rulest smiling there | F |
James Whitcomb Riley
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