A Madrigal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACC DBBDEE FGGFHH IJKILL| Dream days of fond delight and hours | A |
| As rosy hued as dawn are mine | B |
| Love's drowsy wine | B |
| Brewed from the heart of Passion flowers | A |
| Flows softly o'er my lips | C |
| And save thee all the world is in eclipse | C |
| - | |
| There were no light if thou wert not | D |
| The sun would be too sad to shine | B |
| And all the line | B |
| Of hours from dawn would be a blot | D |
| And Night would haunt the skies | E |
| An unlaid ghost with staring dark ringed eyes | E |
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| Oh love if thou wert not my love | F |
| And I perchance not thine what then | G |
| Could gift of men | G |
| Or favor of the God above | F |
| Plant aught in this bare heart | H |
| Or teach this tongue the singer's soulful art | H |
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| Ah no 'Tis love and love alone | I |
| That spurs my soul so surely on | J |
| Turns night to dawn | K |
| And thorns to roses fairest blown | I |
| And winter drear to spring | L |
| Oh were it not for love I could not sing | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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