Chrysanthemum's Court Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC DEDE FDFD GCGC BDHD IBIB| They lift their faces to the light | A |
| And aye they are a gallant band | B |
| The queen of all is snowy white | A |
| A stately thing and tall and grand | B |
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| See close beside in yellow drest | B |
| Is the prince consort of the hour | C |
| A bit of God's own sunshine prest | B |
| Into a glorious golden flower | C |
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| And mark the courtiers' noble grace | D |
| Gay courtiers these in raiment fine | E |
| Their satin doublets slashed with lace | D |
| Their velvet cloaks as red as wine | E |
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| Each maid in waiting is most fair | F |
| Note well the graces she unfurls | D |
| The winds have tossed her fluffy hair | F |
| And left it in a thousand curls | D |
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| And yonder quaint old fashioned one | G |
| Arrayed in palest lavender | C |
| Ah few there are when all is done | G |
| In beauty can compare with her | C |
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| The pink I've seen at eventide | B |
| A something very like to this | D |
| A cloud adrift upon the sky | H |
| All rosy from the sun's last kiss | D |
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| Without the court the chill and gloom | I |
| Of autumn twilight o'er the land | B |
| Within the grandeur and the bloom | I |
| Of queen of prince and courtiers grand | B |
Jean Blewett
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