Looking At A Portrait Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBA AACDA AAEEA| O why are there eyes like these | A |
| That sparkle and dapple and tease | A |
| So wide with the morning so deep with the night | B |
| Dancing and gleaming in passioned delight | B |
| O why are there eyes like these | A |
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| O why are there lips like these | A |
| Caressed by the southern breeze | A |
| That beckon and call and hold a slave | C |
| All who therewith each soul cry leave | D |
| O why are there lips like these | A |
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| O why are there arms like these | A |
| That crumple and crush as they please | A |
| A weak man's heart and in their embrace | E |
| Bring a glow of red to a strong man's face | E |
| O why are there arms like these | A |
Joseph Seamon Cotter
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