Gavotte Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCBC BBDBD EEEEE BBFBF| Old French | A |
| - | |
| Memories long in music sleeping | B |
| No more sleeping | B |
| No more dumb | C |
| Delicate phantoms softly creeping | B |
| Softly back from the old world come | C |
| - | |
| Faintest odours around them straying | B |
| Suddenly straying | B |
| In chambers dim | D |
| Whispering silks in order swaying | B |
| Glimmering gems on shoulders slim | D |
| - | |
| Courage advancing strong and tender | E |
| Grace untender | E |
| Fanning desire | E |
| Suppliant conquest proud surrender | E |
| Courtesy cold of hearts on fire | E |
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| Willowy billowy now they're bending | B |
| Low they're bending | B |
| Down dropt eyes | F |
| Stately measure and stately ending | B |
| Music sobbing and a dream that dies | F |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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