Vignettes 06: The Lover's Apology Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDCD CEFE GHIH JKLM NOPO| I look'd into her eyes | A |
| And saw something divine | B |
| For there like summer lightning | C |
| Swift coruscations shine | B |
| - | |
| Still flashing and still changing | C |
| Attemper'd soft and bright | D |
| Through each expression ranging | C |
| From pity to delight | D |
| - | |
| From high or zealous feeling | C |
| From arch excursive grace | E |
| From all with which a lovely mind | F |
| Endows the human face | E |
| - | |
| Perhaps a new and careless eye | G |
| May not those beauties see | H |
| And wonder to behold the power | I |
| Belinda has with me | H |
| - | |
| The spell which holds this captive soul | J |
| She never would possess | K |
| Were not her varying features rul'd | L |
| By sparkling playfulness | M |
| - | |
| But when with aimless trackless skill | N |
| Is twin'd a mazy chain | O |
| In the warm foldings of a heart | P |
| Perforce it must remain | O |
Matilda Betham
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