Floridian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBC DDEFFEFE G BBHCHC DDIJJKJKThe cactus and the aloe bloom | A |
Beneath the window of your room | A |
Your window where at evenfall | B |
Beneath the twilight's first pale star | C |
You linger tall and spiritual | B |
And hearken my guitar | C |
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It is the hour | D |
When every flower | D |
Is wooed by moth or bee | E |
Would would you were the flower dear | F |
And I the moth to draw you near | F |
To draw you near to me | E |
My dear | F |
To draw you near to me | E |
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II | G |
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The jasmine and bignonia spill | B |
Their balm around your windowsill | B |
The sill where when magnolia white | H |
In foliage mists the moon hangs far | C |
You lean with bright deep eyes of night | H |
And hearken my guitar | C |
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It is the hour | D |
When from each flower | D |
The wind woos fragrances | I |
Would would you were the flower love | J |
And I the wind to breathe above | J |
To breathe above and kiss | K |
My love | J |
To breathe above and kiss | K |
Madison Julius Cawein
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