A Portrait. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FDFD GHGH DIDI JKLK MNONAll sweet and various things do lend themselves | A |
And blend and intermix in her rare soul | B |
As chorded notes which were untuneful else | C |
Clasp each the other in a perfect whole | B |
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Within her spirit dawn all dewy pearled | D |
Seems held and folded in by golden noons | E |
While past the sunshine gleams a further world | D |
Of deep star spaces and mysterious moons | E |
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Like widths of blowing ocean wet with spray | F |
Like breath of early blooms at morning caught | D |
Like cool airs on the cheek of heated day | F |
Come the fair emanations of her thought | D |
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Her movement like the curving of a vine | G |
Seems an unerring accident of grace | H |
And like a flower's the subtle change and shine | G |
And meaning of her brightly tranquil face | H |
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And like a tree unconscious of her shade | D |
She spreads her helpful branches everywhere | I |
For wandering bird or bee nor is afraid | D |
Too many guests shall crowd to harbor there | I |
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For she is kinder than all others are | J |
And weak things sad things gather where she dwells | K |
To reach and taste her strength and drink of her | L |
As thirsty creatures of clear water wells | K |
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Why vex with words where words are poor and vain | M |
In one brief sentence lies the riddle's key | N |
Which those who love her read and read again | O |
Finding each time new meanings SHE IS SHE | N |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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