The Wreath And The Chain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEFGHIHDD JKJKLMLNDD OPOPQRQSDD TUTUVWVWDD| I bring thee love a golden chain | A |
| I bring thee too a flowery wreath | B |
| The gold shall never wear a stain | A |
| The flowerets long shall sweetly breathe | C |
| Come tell me which the tie shall be | D |
| To bind thy gentle heart to me | D |
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| The Chain is formed of golden threads | E |
| Bright as Minerva's yellow hair | F |
| When the last beam of evening sheds | E |
| Its calm and sober lustre there | F |
| The Wreath's of brightest myrtle wove | G |
| With sunlit drops of bliss among it | H |
| And many a rose leaf culled by Love | I |
| To heal his lip when bees have stung it | H |
| Come tell me which the tie shall be | D |
| To bind thy gentle heart to me | D |
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| Yes yes I read that ready eye | J |
| Which answers when the tongue is loath | K |
| Thou likest the form of either tie | J |
| And spreadest thy playful hands for both | K |
| Ah if there were not something wrong | L |
| The world would see them blended oft | M |
| The Chain would make the Wreath so strong | L |
| The Wreath would make the Chain so soft | N |
| Then might the gold the flowerets be | D |
| Sweet fetters for my love and me | D |
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| But Fanny so unblest they twine | O |
| That heaven alone can tell the reason | P |
| When mingled thus they cease to shine | O |
| Or shine but for a transient season | P |
| Whether the Chain may press too much | Q |
| Or that the Wreath is slightly braided | R |
| Let but the gold the flowerets touch | Q |
| And all their bloom their glow is faded | S |
| Oh better to be always free | D |
| Than thus to bind my love to me | D |
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| The timid girl now hung her head | T |
| And as she turned an upward glance | U |
| I saw a doubt its twilight spread | T |
| Across her brow's divine expanse | U |
| Just then the garland's brightest rose | V |
| Gave one of its love breathing sighs | W |
| Oh who can ask how Fanny chose | V |
| That ever looked in Fanny's eyes | W |
| The Wreath my life the Wreath shall be | D |
| The tie to bind my soul to thee | D |
Thomas Moore
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