The Musical Box Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDE FGFHIJIJE KLKLMBMB| Look here said Rose with laughing eyes | A |
| Within this box by magic hid | B |
| A tuneful Sprite imprisoned lies | A |
| Who sings to me whene'er he's bid | B |
| Tho' roving once his voice and wing | C |
| He'll now lie still the whole day long | D |
| Till thus I touch the magic spring | C |
| Then hark how sweet and blithe his song | D |
| A symphony | E |
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| Ah Rose I cried the poet's lay | F |
| Must ne'er even Beauty's slave become | G |
| Thro' earth and air his song may stray | F |
| If all the while his heart's at home | H |
| And tho' in freedom's air he dwell | I |
| Nor bond nor chain his spirit knows | J |
| Touch but the spring thou knowst so well | I |
| And hark how sweet the love song flows | J |
| A symphony | E |
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| Thus pleaded I for freedom's right | K |
| But when young Beauty takes the field | L |
| And wise men seek defence in flight | K |
| The doom of poets is to yield | L |
| No more my heart the enchantress braves | M |
| I'm now in Beauty's prison hid | B |
| The Sprite and I are fellow slaves | M |
| And I too sing whene'er I'm bid | B |
Thomas Moore
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