Wings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA| Was it worth while to forego our wings | A |
| To gain these dextrous hands | B |
| Truly they fashion us wonderful things | A |
| As the fancy of man demands | B |
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| But to fly to sail through the lucid air | C |
| From crest to violet crest | D |
| Of these great grey mountains quartz veined and bare | C |
| Where the white clouds gather and rest | D |
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| Even to flutter from flower to flower | E |
| To skim the tops of the trees | F |
| In the roseate light of a sun setting hour | E |
| To drift on a sea going breeze | F |
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| Ay the hands have marvellous skill | G |
| To create us curious things | A |
| Baubles playthings weapons to kill | G |
| But I would we had chosen wings | A |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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