The Princess In The Tower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CCCD CEFE GHIH A B CJKJ LAMA NOPO A B QRER RSCS ECCD| I | A |
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| The Princess sings | B |
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| I am the princess up in the tower | C |
| And I dream the whole day thro' | C |
| Of a knight who shall come with a silver spear | C |
| And a waving plume of blue | D |
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| I am the princess up in the tower | C |
| And I dream my dreams by day | E |
| But sometimes I wake and my eyes are wet | F |
| When the dusk is deep and gray | E |
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| For the peasant lovers go by beneath | G |
| I hear them laugh and kiss | H |
| And I forget my day dream knight | I |
| And long for a love like this | H |
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| II | A |
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| The Minstrel sings | B |
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| I lie beside the princess' tower | C |
| So close she cannot see my face | J |
| And watch her dreaming all day long | K |
| And bending with a lily's grace | J |
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| Her cheeks are paler than the moon | L |
| That sails along a sunny sky | A |
| And yet her silent mouth is red | M |
| Where tender words and kisses lie | A |
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| I am a minstrel with a harp | N |
| For love of her my songs are sweet | O |
| And yet I dare not lift the voice | P |
| That lies so far beneath her feet | O |
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| III | A |
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| The Knight sings | B |
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| O princess cease your dreams awhile | Q |
| And look adown your tower's gray side | R |
| The princess gazes far away | E |
| Nor hears nor heeds the words I cried | R |
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| Perchance my heart was overbold | R |
| God made her dreams too pure to break | S |
| She sees the angels in the air | C |
| Fly to and fro for Mary's sake | S |
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| Farewell I mount and go my way | E |
| But oh her hair the sun sifts thro' | C |
| The tilts and tourneys wait my spear | C |
| I am the Knight of the Plume of Blue | D |
Sara Teasdale
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