A La Promenade [english] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC BEEB FGGF HIIH| The milky sky the hazy slender trees | A |
| Seem smiling on the light costumes we wear | B |
| Our gauzy floating veils that have an air | B |
| Of wings our satins fluttering in the breeze | A |
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| And in the marble bowl the ripples gleam | C |
| And through the lindens of the avenue | D |
| The sifted golden sun comes to us blue | D |
| And dying like the sunshine of a dream | C |
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| Exquisite triflers and deceivers rare | B |
| Tender of heart but little tied by vows | E |
| Deliciously we dally 'neath the boughs | E |
| And playfully the lovers plague the fair | B |
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| Receiving should they overstep a point | F |
| A buffet from a hand absurdly small | G |
| At which upon a gallant knee they fall | G |
| To kiss the little finger's littlest joint | F |
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| And as this is a shocking liberty | H |
| A frigid glance rewards the daring swain | I |
| Not quite o'erbalancing with its disdain | I |
| The red mouth's reassuring clemency | H |
Paul Verlaine
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