Love's Emblem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG DHDH FIFI JFJF KLKL| Go rose my Chloe's bosom grace | A |
| How happy should I prove | B |
| Could I supply that envied place | A |
| With never fading love | C |
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| Accept dear maid now Summer glows | D |
| This pure unsullied gem | E |
| Love's emblem in a full blown rose | D |
| Just broken from the stem | E |
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| Accept it as a favourite flower | F |
| For thy soft breast to wear | G |
| 'Twill blossom there its transient hour | F |
| A favourite of the fair | G |
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| Upon thy cheek its blossom glows | D |
| As from a mirror clear | H |
| Making thyself a living rose | D |
| In blossom all the year | H |
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| It is a sweet and favourite flower | F |
| To grace a maiden's brow | I |
| Emblem of love without its power | F |
| A sweeter rose art thou | I |
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| The rose like hues of insect wing | J |
| May perish in an hour | F |
| 'T is but at best a fading thing | J |
| But thou'rt a living flower | F |
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| The roses steeped in morning dews | K |
| Would every eye enthrall | L |
| But woman she alone subdues | K |
| Her beauty conquers all | L |
John Clare
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