The Outcast Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDED FGHG IJFJ KEDE LMFM NOPQ RSTS UIVI WXYX ZRIR UEA2BE| me and base | A |
| Before on my head you cruelly tread | B |
| Give ear to my case | A |
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| A lily bell rare my charms were laid bare | C |
| And lo at the sight | D |
| In a mantle of gold a delight to behold | E |
| Love danced in delight | D |
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| To him I was dear ah me it was clear | F |
| That nothing above | G |
| Below or around by Love could be found | H |
| So precious to love | G |
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| That little white flower which gildeth the hour | I |
| When March winds rave | J |
| The snowdrop as clear from stain might appear | F |
| But look's too grave | J |
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| The crocus a drest in her sun given vest | K |
| On Spring's live mould | E |
| To her heart's delight might sparkle as bright | D |
| But look's too bold | E |
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| No zephyr did woo a hyacinth blue | L |
| With bearing so fine | M |
| No daffodil e'er did view in the mere | F |
| A face so divine | M |
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| The tulip so gay a cheek might display | N |
| In deeper hues dyed | O |
| But where the sweet smell could any one tell | P |
| The dancer enjoyed | Q |
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| The pink had a bloom as rich in perfume | R |
| To make the heart glad | S |
| But where was the grace to rivet the gaze | T |
| The lily bell had | S |
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| Not even the rose the richest that blows | U |
| Could Love then prefer | I |
| And the pansy so sweet bowed down at her feet | V |
| In homage to her | I |
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| This swore Love and sworn away I was torn | W |
| His pleasure to be | X |
| But ere a day past away I was cast | Y |
| He cared not for me | X |
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| Unheeded I pined my sweets did the wind | Z |
| No longer perfume | R |
| To vile turned the pure the sweet turned a sour | I |
| Ah such was my doom | R |
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| You turn up your nose just think of my woes | U |
| Though base to behold | E |
| Just think ere you tread ere you crush my poor | A2 |
| head | B |
| Just think what I've told | E |
Joseph Skipsey
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