Love's Pictures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHFH FIJI KLML HNON| Like the blush upon the rose | A |
| When the wooing south wind speaks | B |
| Kissing soft its petals | C |
| Are thy cheeks | B |
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| Tender soft beseeching true | D |
| Like the stars that deck the skies | E |
| Through the ether sparkling | F |
| Are thine eyes | E |
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| Like the song of happy birds | G |
| When the woods with spring rejoice | H |
| In their blithe awak'ning | F |
| Is thy voice | H |
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| Like soft threads of clustered silk | F |
| O'er thy face so pure and fair | I |
| Sweet in its profusion | J |
| Is thy hair | I |
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| Like a fair but fragile vase | K |
| Triumph of the carver's art | L |
| Graceful formed and slender | M |
| Thus thou art | L |
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| Ah thy cheek thine eyes thy voice | H |
| And thy hair's delightful wave | N |
| Make me I'll confess it | O |
| Thy poor slave | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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