The White Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC CDED CFGF HCIC JKCK| I sent my love two roses one | A |
| As white as driven snow | B |
| And one a blushing royal red | C |
| A flaming Jacqueminot | C |
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| I meant to touch and test my fate | C |
| That night I should divine | D |
| The moment I should see my love | E |
| If her true heart were mine | D |
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| For if she holds me dear I said | C |
| She'll wear my blushing rose | F |
| If not she'll wear my cold Lamarque | G |
| As white as winter's snows | F |
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| My heart sank when I met her sure | H |
| I had been overbold | C |
| For on her breast my pale rose lay | I |
| In virgin whiteness cold | C |
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| Yet with low words she greeted me | J |
| With smiles divinely tender | K |
| Upon her cheek the red rose dawned | C |
| The white rose meant surrender | K |
John Hay
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