Woman! When I Behold Thee Flippant, Vain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADCEAFGFFFF FHHFFHHFIJIJIJ KLLKKLLKFMFMFM| Woman when I behold thee flippant vain | A |
| Inconstant childish proud and full of fancies | B |
| Without that modest softening that enhances | C |
| The downcast eye repentant of the pain | A |
| That its mild light creates to heal again | D |
| E'en then elate my spirit leaps and prances | C |
| E'en then my soul with exultation dances | E |
| For that to love so long I've dormant lain | A |
| But when I see thee meek and kind and tender | F |
| Heavens how desperately do I adore | G |
| Thy winning graces to be thy defender | F |
| I hotly burn to be a Calidore | F |
| A very Red Cross Knight a stout Leander | F |
| Might I be loved by thee like these of yore | F |
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| Light feet dark violet eyes and parted hair | F |
| Soft dimpled hands white neck and creamy breast | H |
| Are things on which the dazzled senses rest | H |
| Till the fond fixed eyes forget they stare | F |
| From such fine pictures heavens I cannot dare | F |
| To turn my admiration though unpossess'd | H |
| They be of what is worthy though not drest | H |
| In lovely modesty and virtues rare | F |
| Yet these I leave as thoughtless as a lark | I |
| These lures I straight forget e'en ere I dine | J |
| Or thrice my palate moisten but when I mark | I |
| Such charms with mild intelligences shine | J |
| My ear is open like a greedy shark | I |
| To catch the tunings of a voice divine | J |
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| Ah who can e'er forget so fair a being | K |
| Who can forget her half retiring sweets | L |
| God she is like a milk white lamb that bleats | L |
| For man's protection Surely the All seeing | K |
| Who joys to see us with his gifts agreeing | K |
| Will never give him pinions who intreats | L |
| Such innocence to ruin who vilely cheats | L |
| A dove like bosom In truth there is no freeing | K |
| One's thoughts from such a beauty when I hear | F |
| A lay that once I saw her hand awake | M |
| Her form seems floating palpable and near | F |
| Had I e'er seen her from an arbour take | M |
| A dewy flower oft would that hand appear | F |
| And o'er my eyes the trembling moisture shake | M |
John Keats
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