The Kiss: A Dialogue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CCCC DDDD EFGF HAAB IIII| Among thy fancies tell me this | A |
| What is the thing we call a kiss | A |
| I shall resolve ye what it is | B |
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| It is a creature born and bred | C |
| Between the lips all cherry red | C |
| By love and warm desires fed | C |
| CHOR And makes more soft the bridal bed | C |
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| It is an active flame that flies | D |
| First to the babies of the eyes | D |
| And charms them there with lullabies | D |
| CHOR And stills the bride too when she cries | D |
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| Then to the chin the cheek the ear | E |
| It frisks and flies now here now there | F |
| 'Tis now far off and then 'tis near | G |
| CHOR And here and there and every where | F |
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| Has it a speaking virtue Yes | H |
| How speaks it say Do you but this | A |
| Part your join'd lips then speaks your kiss | A |
| CHOR And this Love's sweetest language is | B |
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| Has it a body Ay and wings | I |
| With thousand rare encolourings | I |
| And as it flies it gently sings | I |
| CHOR Love honey yields but never stings | I |
Robert Herrick
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