To Miss C.... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABBAB CDCDEEDED FGHGIIGG| Thy glance is the brightest | A |
| Thy voice is the sweetest | A |
| Thy step is the lightest | A |
| Thy shape the completest | A |
| Thy waist I could span dear | B |
| Thy neck's like a swan's dear | B |
| And roses the sweetest | A |
| On thy cheeks do appear | B |
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| The music of Spring | C |
| Is the voice of my charmer | D |
| When the nightingales sing | C |
| She's as sweet who would harm her | D |
| Where the snowdrop or lily lies | E |
| They show her face but her eyes | E |
| Are the dark clouds yet warmer | D |
| From which the quick lightning flies | E |
| O'er the face of my charmer | D |
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| Her faith is the snowdrop | F |
| So pure on its stem | G |
| And love in her bosom | H |
| She wears as a gem | G |
| She is young as Spring flowers | I |
| And sweet as May showers | I |
| Swelling the clover buds and bending the stem | G |
| She's the sweetest of blossoms she love's favourite gem | G |
John Clare
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