The Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEBB FFGG AABB FFHI| Sweet serene sky like flower | A |
| Haste to adorn her bower | A |
| From thy long cloudy bed | B |
| Shoot forth thy damask head | B |
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| New startled blush of Flora | C |
| The grief of pale Aurora | C |
| Who will contest no more | D |
| Haste haste to strew her floor | D |
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| Vermilion ball that's given | E |
| From lip to lip in heaven | E |
| Love's couch's coverlet | B |
| Haste haste to make her bed | B |
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| Dear offspring of pleased Venus | F |
| And jolly plump Silenus | F |
| Haste haste to deck the hair | G |
| Of the only sweetly fair | G |
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| See rosy is her bower | A |
| Her floor is all this flower | A |
| Her bed a rosy nest | B |
| By a bed of roses pressed | B |
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| But early as she dresses | F |
| Why fly you her bright tresses | F |
| Ah I have found I fear mdash | H |
| Because her cheeks are near | I |
Richard Lovelace
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About The Rose
The Rose is a poem by Richard Lovelace. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.