The Arbor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKK LKMN| He seems to he a god that man | A |
| Facing you who leans to be close | B |
| Smiles and alert and glad listens | C |
| To your mellow voice | D |
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| And quickens in love at your laughter | E |
| That stings my breasts jolts my heart | F |
| If I dare the shock of a glance | G |
| I cannot speak | H |
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| My tongue sticks to my dry mouth | I |
| Thin fire spreads beneath my skin | J |
| My eyes cannot see and my aching ears | K |
| Roar in their labyrinths | K |
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| Chill sweat glides down my back | L |
| I shake I turn greener than grass | K |
| I am neither living nor dead and cry | M |
| From the narrow between | N |
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