To The Venus Of Melos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JBJB BBBB CJCJ KLKL MNMN BOBO| O goddess of that Grecian isle | A |
| Whose shores the blue Aegean laves | B |
| Whose cliffs repeat with answering smile | A |
| Their features in its sun kissed waves | B |
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| An exile from thy native place | B |
| We view thee in a northern clime | C |
| Yet mark on thy majestic face | B |
| A glory still undimmed by Time | C |
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| Through those calm lips proud goddess speak | D |
| Portray to us thy gorgeous fane | E |
| Where Melian lovers thronged to seek | D |
| Thine aid Love's paradise to gain | E |
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| And where as in the saffron east | F |
| Day's jewelled gates were open flung | G |
| With stately pomp the attendant priest | F |
| Drew back the veil before thee hung | G |
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| And when the daring kiss of morn | H |
| Empurpling made thy charms more fair | I |
| Sweet strains from unseen minstrels borne | H |
| Awoke from dreams the perfumed air | I |
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| Vouchsafe at last our minds to free | J |
| From doubts pertaining to thy charms | B |
| The meaning of thy bended knee | J |
| The secret of thy vanished arms | B |
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| Wast thou in truth conjoined with Mars | B |
| Did thy fair hands his shield embrace | B |
| The surface of whose golden bars | B |
| Grew lovely from thy mirrored face | B |
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| Or was it some bright scroll of fame | C |
| Thus poised on thine extended knee | J |
| Upon which thou didst trace the name | C |
| Of that fierce god so dear to thee | J |
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| Whate'er thou hadst no mere delight | K |
| Was thine the glittering prize to hold | L |
| Not thine the form that met thy sight | K |
| Replying from the burnished gold | L |
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| Unmindful what thy hands retained | M |
| Thy gaze is fixed beyond above | N |
| Some dearer object held enchained | M |
| The goddess of immortal love | N |
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| We mark the motion of thine eyes | B |
| And smile for heldst thou shield or scroll | O |
| A tender love glance we surprise | B |
| That tells the secret of thy soul | O |
John L. Stoddard
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