The Heart Of A Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML| To Mrs Guy Wyndham | A |
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| The heart of a boy is full of light | B |
| Naked of self quite pure and clean | C |
| No shadows lurk in it it is bright | B |
| Where God Himself hath been | D |
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| I looked in a boy's heart and saw | E |
| How its desire was white desire | F |
| Burning upward as winds might draw | E |
| The flame of a candle higher | F |
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| What was the heart's desire that burned | G |
| Like a white candle stirred in a breeze | H |
| Power or glory or honour earned | G |
| Love that is more than these | H |
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| The heart of a boy has but one goal | I |
| The flying Danger smiles as she flies | J |
| Makes her own of him heart and soul | I |
| With the lure of her lovely eyes | J |
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| The boy's heart now is set on a star | K |
| A sword for the weak against the strong | L |
| A young knight riding forth to the War | M |
| Who dies to right the wrong | L |
Katharine Tynan
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