Hidden Flame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBCC DDEB AAFG| I feed a flame within which so torments me | A |
| That it both pains my heart and yet contains me | A |
| 'Tis such a pleasing smart and I so love it | B |
| That I had rather die than once remove it | B |
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| Yet he for whom I grieve shall never know it | B |
| My tongue does not betray nor my eyes show it | B |
| Not a sigh nor a tear my pain discloses | C |
| But they fall silently like dew on roses | C |
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| Thus to prevent my Love from being cruel | D |
| My heart's the sacrifice as 'tis the fuel | D |
| And while I suffer this to give him quiet | E |
| My faith rewards my love though he deny it | B |
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| On his eyes will I gaze and there delight me | A |
| While I conceal my love no frown can fright me | A |
| To be more happy I dare not aspire | F |
| Nor can I fall more low mounting no higher | G |
John Dryden
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