The Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH EJKJ LMNM OPQP REME| He made him a love o' dreams | A |
| He raised for his heart's delight | B |
| As the heart of June a crescent moon | C |
| A frail fair spirit of light | B |
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| He gave her the gift of joy | D |
| The gift of the dancing feet | E |
| He made her a thing of very Spring | F |
| Virginal wild and sweet | E |
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| But when he would draw her near | G |
| To his eager heart's content | H |
| As a sunbeam slips from the finger tips | I |
| She slipped from his hold and went | H |
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| Virginal wild and sweet | E |
| So she eludes him still | J |
| The love that he made of dawn and shade | K |
| Of dominant want and will | J |
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| For ever the dream of man | L |
| Is more than the dreamer is | M |
| Though he form it whole of his inmost soul | N |
| Yet never 'tis wholly his | M |
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| Only is given to him | O |
| The right to follow and yearn | P |
| The loveliness he may not possess | Q |
| The vision that may not turn | P |
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| Never to hold or to bind | R |
| Only to know how fleet | E |
| The dream that is and yet is not his | M |
| Virginal wild and sweet | E |
Theodosia Garrison
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