The Rose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFFE GCHHC| I took the love you gave Ah carelessly | A |
| Counting it only as a rose to wear | B |
| A little moment on my heart no more | C |
| So many roses had I worn before | C |
| So lightly that I scarce believed them there | B |
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| But Lo this rose between the dusk and dawn | D |
| Hath turned to very flame upon my breast | E |
| A flame that burns the day long and the night | F |
| A flame of very anguish and delight | F |
| That not for any moment yields me rest | E |
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| And I am troubled with a strange new fear | G |
| How would it be if even to your door | C |
| I came to cry your pitying one day | H |
| And you should lightly laugh and lightly say | H |
| That was a rose I gave you nothing more | C |
Theodosia Garrison
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