Confessional Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJSearch thou my heart | A |
If there be guile | B |
It shall depart | A |
Before thy smile | B |
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Search thou my soul | C |
Be there deceit | D |
'T will vanish whole | C |
Before thee sweet | D |
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Upon my mind | E |
Turn thy pure lens | F |
Naught shalt thou find | E |
Thou canst not cleanse | F |
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If I should pray | G |
I scarcely know | H |
In just what way | G |
My prayers would go | H |
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So strong in me | I |
I feel love's leaven | J |
I 'd bow to thee | I |
As soon as Heaven | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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