Vignettes 05: Valentine From A Young Lady To Her Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFE GHGH IBIB JKLK MGMG NINI| It is a custom in some parts of Norfolk and Suffolk | A |
| to send little presents with verses on Valentine's Day | B |
| to relatives and friends | C |
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| Hope has her emblem so has Love | D |
| But I have vainly sought | E |
| For one that might entirely prove | F |
| The picture of my thought | E |
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| If violets when fresh with dew | G |
| Could amaranthine be | H |
| Their soothing deep and glowing hue | G |
| Would justly speak for me | H |
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| Or to some plant with tendrils fine | I |
| With blossoms sweet and gay | B |
| This office I would now assign | I |
| But flowers will all decay | B |
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| A bird would suit my purpose more | J |
| With filial heart endued | K |
| But ere their little life is o'er | L |
| Birds lose their gratitude | K |
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| No emblem of the love I feel | M |
| Appears within my view | G |
| Less ardent or less pure the zeal | M |
| Less tender or less true | G |
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| All I can do is to avow | N |
| My services are thine | I |
| And that my spirit still shall bow | N |
| Before my Valentine | I |
Matilda Betham
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