Love's Phases Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAA CBCBCC BDBDBB EFEFFFLove hath the wings of the butterfly | A |
Oh clasp him but gently | B |
Pausing and dipping and fluttering by | A |
Inconsequently | B |
Stir not his poise with the breath of a sigh | A |
Love hath the wings of the butterfly | A |
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Love hath the wings of the eagle bold | C |
Cling to him strongly | B |
What if the look of the world be cold | C |
And life go wrongly | B |
Rest on his pinions for broad is their fold | C |
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold | C |
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Love hath the voice of the nightingale | B |
Hearken his trilling | D |
List to his song when the moonlight is pale | B |
Passionate thrilling | D |
Cherish the lay ere the lilt of it fail | B |
Love hath the voice of the nightingale | B |
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Love hath the voice of the storm at night | E |
Wildly defiant | F |
Hear him and yield up your soul to his might | E |
Tenderly pliant | F |
None shall regret him who heed him aright | F |
Love hath the voice of the storm at night | F |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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