Affection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC CCDDCC| The earth that made the rose | A |
| She also is thy mother and not I | B |
| The flame wherewith thy maiden spirit glows | A |
| Was lighted at no hearth that I sit by | B |
| I am as far below as heaven above thee | C |
| Were I thine angel more I could not love thee | C |
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| Bid me defend thee | C |
| Thy danger over human strength shall lend me | C |
| A hand of iron and a heart of steel | D |
| To strike to wound to slay and not to feel | D |
| But if you chide me | C |
| I am a weak defenceless child beside thee | C |
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
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