The Moon Is A Painter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED FGAG EHIH JKLKHe coveted her portrait | A |
He toiled as she grew gay | B |
She loved to see him labor | C |
In that devoted way | B |
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And in the end it pleased her | C |
But bowed him more with care | D |
Her rose smile showed so plainly | E |
Her soul smile was not there | D |
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That night he groped without a lamp | F |
To find a cloak a book | G |
And on the vexing portrait | A |
By moonrise chanced to look | G |
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The color scheme was out of key | E |
The maiden rose smile faint | H |
But through the blessed darkness | I |
She gleamed his friendly saint | H |
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The comrade white immortal | J |
His bride and more than bride | K |
The citizen the sage of mind | L |
For whom he lived and died | K |
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