A Perfect Rose. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFF GHGI JKLK AMNM HOHP| You were covered in dew still wet when we first met | A |
| You and I a duet | A |
| A perfect match I had thought | B |
| A perfect rose in my palms only it had thorns | C |
| - | |
| Pricked my finger once | D |
| Pricked my finger twice | E |
| But I still chose to hold you tight | F |
| In the midst of the night | F |
| - | |
| You couldn't have been the one | G |
| I was broken inside anguished within me did bind | H |
| I watched my hands bleed damage you have done | G |
| I was one with the smell on your petal | I |
| - | |
| You were beautiful oh don't get me wrong and you still are | J |
| Your colour resembling that precious smile | K |
| You couldn't have been that strong to break my heart | L |
| Oh well perhaps that's what you get for going an extra mile | K |
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| I missed a spot when we first met | A |
| You were perfect but touched with a bit of a wreck | M |
| How could I've not seen such a marvelous mess | N |
| A perfect rose in my palms only it had thorns what the heck | M |
| - | |
| It is true when they say love Is blind | H |
| You had me marred and i still did not flinch | O |
| Longing for love thought in you I'd find | H |
| How I avoided the thorns that pinched | P |
Tebello Ramaele
Poet's note: This poem is a very personal poem , someone whom I used to be close with , like the thorns on a rose pricked my heart. People do change , but we learn to accept and embrace the after math that comes with it.
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