The Image Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ AKAKWhen a wild grace I see | A |
A turn o' the neck a curl sweet hands clear eyes | B |
Gentleness courtesy dignity | A |
In all these gifts Thee I surmise surprise | B |
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All beauty and delight | C |
Skin like a rose a beauteous shape an air | D |
Free and enchanting give my weary sight | C |
Glimpses of Thee Thou Beauty past compare | D |
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Strength courage also are Thine | E |
And joy of youth and wings that cleave the blue | F |
Low singing and soft voices I divine | E |
In these Thy beauty ancient yet ever new | F |
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Oh when my startled eye | G |
Perceives this beauty league long sea and isle | H |
And eagle crested mountains wild and high | G |
I catch Thy Maker's thought I see Thy smile | H |
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Some mirror out of range | I |
Flashes reflex of Heaven on this sweet earth | J |
Brooding for ever beautiful without change | I |
The blue bell sea the thousand streams' soft mirth | J |
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All beauty is of Thee | A |
Kindness and quietness moon and stars and sun | K |
Gardens and woods the bird in the new fledged tree | A |
And sleep O Kindest One | K |
Katharine Tynan
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