Poor Withered Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD E FFGH IIJJJJ JJKKLL| A Song | A |
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| Poor withered rose she gave it me | B |
| Half in revenge and half in glee | B |
| Its petals not so pink by half | C |
| As are her lips when curled to laugh | C |
| As are her cheeks when dimples gay | D |
| In merry mischief o'er them play | D |
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| Chorus | E |
| - | |
| Forgive forgive it seems unkind | F |
| To cast thy petals to the wind | F |
| But it is right and lest I err | G |
| So scatter I all thought of her | H |
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| Poor withered rose so like my heart | I |
| That wilts at sorrow's cruel dart | I |
| Who hath not felt the winter's blight | J |
| When every hope seemed warm and bright | J |
| Who doth not know love unreturned | J |
| E'en when the heart most wildly burned | J |
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| Poor withered rose thou liest dead | J |
| Too soon thy beauty's bloom hath fled | J |
| 'Tis not without a tearful ruth | K |
| I watch decay thy blushing youth | K |
| And though thy life goes out in dole | L |
| Thy perfume lingers in my soul | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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