Rose-morals Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FEFE C GHGH CICI JKJK L| I Red | A |
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| Would that my songs might be | B |
| What roses make by day and night | C |
| Distillments of my clod of misery | B |
| Into delight | C |
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| Soul could'st thou bare thy breast | D |
| As yon red rose and dare the day | E |
| All clean and large and calm with velvet rest | D |
| Say yea say yea | E |
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| Ah dear my Rose good bye | F |
| The wind is up so drift away | E |
| That songs from me as leaves from thee may fly | F |
| I strive I pray | E |
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| II White | C |
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| Soul get thee to the heart | G |
| Of yonder tuberose hide thee there | H |
| There breathe the meditations of thine art | G |
| Suffused with prayer | H |
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| Of spirit grave yet light | C |
| How fervent fragrances uprise | I |
| Pure born from these most rich and yet most white | C |
| Virginities | I |
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| Mulched with unsavory death | J |
| Grow Soul unto such white estate | K |
| That virginal prayerful art shall be thy breath | J |
| Thy work thy fate | K |
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| Baltimore | L |
Sidney Lanier
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