Treachery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEC A FGEGHG A IJKJLJ M INBNIN M OPFPQP M QOOORO M QSQSMS M TUEUQU

IA
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Came a spicy smell of showersB
On the purple wings of nightC
And a pearl encrusted crescentD
On the lake looked still and whiteC
While a sound of distant singingE
From the vales rose sad and lightC
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IIA
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Dripped the musk of sodden rosesF
From their million heavy spraysG
And the nightingales were sobbingE
Of the roses amorous praiseG
Where the raven down of evenH
Caught the moonlight's bleaching raysG
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IIIA
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And the turrets of the palaceI
From its belt of ancient treesJ
On the mountain rose romanticK
White as foam from troubled seasJ
And the murmur of an oceanL
Smote the chords of ev'ry breezeJ
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IVM
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Where the moon shone on the terraceI
And its fountain's lisping foamN
Where the bronzen urns of flowersB
Breathed faint perfume thro' the gloamN
By the alabaster VenusI
'Neath the quiet stars we'd roamN
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VM
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And we stopped beside the statueO
Of the marble Venus thereP
Deeply pedestaled 'mid rosesF
Who their crimson hearts laid bareP
Breathing out their lives in fragranceQ
At her naked feet and fairP
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VIM
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And we marked the purple dinglesQ
Where the lazy vapors lolledO
Like thin fleecy ribs of moonlightO
Touched with amethyst and goldO
And we marked the wild deer glimmerR
Like dim specters where they strolledO
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VIIM
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But from out those treach'rous rosesQ
Crept a serpent and it stungS
Poisoned him who'd tuned my heart stringsQ
Till for him alone they sungS
Froze the nerves of hands that onlyM
From its chords a note had wrungS
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VIIIM
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Now the nightingales in anguishT
To cold ashen roses moanU
Now a sound of desolate wailingE
In the darkened palace loneU
From a harp olian quaversQ
Broken on an empty throneU

Madison Julius Cawein



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