Alice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EBECFF GHGCII| Know you winds that blow your course | A |
| Down the verdant valleys | B |
| That somewhere you must perforce | A |
| Kiss the brow of Alice | C |
| When her gentle face you find | D |
| Kiss it softly naughty wind | D |
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| Roses waving fair and sweet | E |
| Thro' the garden alleys | B |
| Grow into a glory meet | E |
| For the eye of Alice | C |
| Let the wind your offering bear | F |
| Of sweet perfume faint and rare | F |
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| Lily holding crystal dew | G |
| In your pure white chalice | H |
| Nature kind hath fashioned you | G |
| Like the soul of Alice | C |
| It of purest white is wrought | I |
| Filled with gems of crystal thought | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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