Delia. - An Ode. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED FGHG IJKLFair the face of orient day | A |
Fair the tints of op'ning rose | B |
But fairer still my Delia dawns | C |
More lovely far her beauty blows | B |
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Sweet the lark's wild warbled lay | A |
Sweet the tinkling rill to hear | D |
But Delia more delightful still | E |
Steal thine accents on mine ear | D |
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The flow'r enamoured busy bee | F |
The rosy banquet loves to sip | G |
Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse | H |
To the sun brown'd Arab's lip | G |
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But Delia on thy balmy lips | I |
Let me no vagrant insect rove | J |
O let me steal one liquid kiss | K |
For oh my soul is parch'd with love | L |
Robert Burns
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