On Receiving A Curious Shell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP QRQR LFLF IJIJ| Hast thou from the caves of Golconda a gem | A |
| Pure as the ice drop that froze on the mountain | B |
| Bright as the humming bird's green diadem | A |
| When it flutters in sun beams that shine through a fountain | B |
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| Hast thou a goblet for dark sparkling wine | C |
| That goblet right heavy and massy and gold | D |
| And splendidly mark'd with the story divine | C |
| Of Armida the fair and Rinaldo the bold | D |
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| Hast thou a steed with a mane richly flowing | E |
| Hast thou a sword that thine enemy's smart is | F |
| Hast thou a trumpet rich melodies blowing | E |
| And wear'st thou the shield of the fam d Britomartis | F |
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| What is it that hangs from thy shoulder so brave | G |
| Embroidered with many a spring peering flower | H |
| Is it a scarf that thy fair lady gave | G |
| And hastest thou now to that fair lady's bower | H |
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| Ah courteous Sir Knight with large joy thou art crown'd | I |
| Full many the glories that brighten thy youth | J |
| I will tell thee my blisses which richly abound | I |
| In magical powers to bless and to sooth | J |
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| On this scroll thou seest written in characters fair | K |
| A sun beamy tale of a wreath and a chain | L |
| And warrior it nurtures the property rare | K |
| Of charming my mind from the trammels of pain | L |
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| This canopy mark 'tis the work of a fay | M |
| Beneath its rich shade did King Oberon languish | N |
| When lovely Titania was far far away | M |
| And cruelly left him to sorrow and anguish | N |
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| There oft would he bring from his soft sighing lute | O |
| Wild strains to which spell bound the nightingales listened | P |
| The wondering spirits of heaven were mute | O |
| And tears 'mong the dewdrops of morning oft glistened | P |
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| In this little dome all those melodies strange | Q |
| Soft plaintive and melting for ever will sigh | R |
| Nor e'er will the notes from their tenderness change | Q |
| Nor e'er will the music of Oberon die | R |
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| So when I am in a voluptuous vein | L |
| I pillow my head on the sweets of the rose | F |
| And list to the tale of the wreath and the chain | L |
| Till its echoes depart then I sink to repose | F |
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| Adieu valiant Eric with joy thou art crown'd | I |
| Full many the glories that brighten thy youth | J |
| I too have my blisses which richly abound | I |
| In magical powers to bless and to sooth | J |
John Keats
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