Opusculum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAB CCCDB EEEEF GGGGH IIJIK LLMMN| Fair Cousin thy page | A |
| is small to encage | A |
| the thoughts which engage | A |
| the mind of a sage | A |
| such as I am | B |
| - | |
| 'Twere in teaspoon to take | C |
| the whole Genevese lake | C |
| or a lap dog to make | C |
| the white Elephant sac | D |
| red in Siam | B |
| - | |
| Yet inadequate though | E |
| to the terms strange and so | E |
| lemn that figure in po | E |
| lysyllabical row | E |
| in a treatise | F |
| - | |
| Still true words and plain | G |
| of the heart not the brain | G |
| in affectionate strain | G |
| this book to contain | G |
| very meet is | H |
| - | |
| So I promise to be | I |
| a good Cousin to thee | I |
| and to keep safe the se | J |
| cret I heard although e | I |
| v'ry one know it | K |
| - | |
| With a lyrical air | L |
| my kind thoughts I would dare | L |
| and offer whate'er | M |
| beseems the news were | M |
| I a poet | N |
John Henry Newman
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