The Valse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACADAD AEAEAFAF GHGHAIAI| When to sweet music my lady is dancing | A |
| My heart to mild frenzy her beauty inspires | B |
| Into my face are her brown eyes a glancing | A |
| And swift my whole frame thrills with tremulous fires | C |
| Dance lady dance for the moments are fleeting | A |
| Pause not to place yon refractory curl | D |
| Life is for love and the night is for sweeting | A |
| Dreamily joyously circle and whirl | D |
| - | |
| Oh how those viols are throbbing and pleading | A |
| A prayer is scarce needed in sound of their strain | E |
| Surely and lightly as round you are speeding | A |
| You turn to confusion my heart and my brain | E |
| Dance lady dance to the viol's soft calling | A |
| Skip it and trip it as light as the air | F |
| Dance for the moments like rose leaves are falling | A |
| Strikes now the clock from its place on the stair | F |
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| Now sinks the melody lower and lower | G |
| The weary musicians scarce seeming to play | H |
| Ah love your steps now are slower and slower | G |
| The smile on your face is more sad and less gay | H |
| Dance lady dance to the brink of our parting | A |
| My heart and your step must not fail to be light | I |
| Dance Just a turn tho' the tear drop be starting | A |
| Ah now it is done so my lady good night | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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