The Dove Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFE GHGH I| If haply thou O Desdemona Morn | A |
| Shouldst call along the curving sphere Remain | B |
| Dear Night sweet Moor nay leave me not in scorn | A |
| With soft halloos of heavenly love and pain | B |
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| Shouldst thou O Spring a cower in coverts dark | C |
| 'Gainst proud supplanting Summer sing thy plea | D |
| And move the mighty woods through mailed bark | C |
| Till mortal heart break throbbed in every tree | D |
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| Or grievous 'if' that may be 'yea' o'er soon | E |
| If thou my Heart long holden from thy Sweet | F |
| Shouldst knock Death's door with mellow shocks of tune | E |
| Sad inquiry to make 'When may we meet ' | - |
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| Nay if ye three O Morn O Spring O Heart | G |
| Should chant grave unisons of grief and love | H |
| Ye could not mourn with more melodious art | G |
| Than daily doth yon dim sequestered dove | H |
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| Chadd's Ford Pennsylvania | I |
Sidney Lanier
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