To A Portrait Of Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EAFA GHAH DIDI JKLK MANA OPQP RSPT AUVU WXOX YZPZ A2UB2U C2D2E2D2IN THE ATHENIEUM GALLERY | A |
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IT may be so perhaps thou hast | B |
A warm and loving heart | C |
I will not blame thee for thy face | D |
Poor devil as thou art | C |
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That thing thou fondly deem'st a nose | E |
Unsightly though it be | A |
In spite of all the cold world's scorn | F |
It may be much to thee | A |
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Those eyes among thine elder friends | G |
Perhaps they pass for blue | H |
No matter if a man can see | A |
What more have eyes to do | H |
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Thy mouth that fissure in thy face | D |
By something like a chin | I |
May be a very useful place | D |
To put thy victual in | I |
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I know thou hast a wife at home | J |
I know thou hast a child | K |
By that subdued domestic smile | L |
Upon thy features mild | K |
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That wife sits fearless by thy side | M |
That cherub on thy knee | A |
They do not shudder at thy looks | N |
They do not shrink from thee | A |
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Above thy mantel is a hook | O |
A portrait once was there | P |
It was thine only ornament | Q |
Alas that hook is bare | P |
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She begged thee not to let it go | R |
She begged thee all in vain | S |
She wept and breathed a trembling prayer | P |
To meet it safe again | T |
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It was a bitter sight to see | A |
That picture torn away | U |
It was a solemn thought to think | V |
What all her friends would say | U |
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And often in her calmer hours | W |
And in her happy dreams | X |
Upon its long deserted hook | O |
The absent portrait seems | X |
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Thy wretched infant turns his head | Y |
In melancholy wise | Z |
And looks to meet the placid stare | P |
Of those unbending eyes | Z |
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I never saw thee lovely one | A2 |
Perchance I never may | U |
It is not often that we cross | B2 |
Such people in our way | U |
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But if we meet in distant years | C2 |
Or on some foreign shore | D2 |
Sure I can take my Bible oath | E2 |
I've seen that face before | D2 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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