Muses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKDK LMCM ENAN OEPE ADJD| The Muse who comes each morning | A |
| In rozy gauze is clad | B |
| Her head is crowned with flowers | C |
| Her eyes are clear and glad | B |
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| Upon her virgin bosom | D |
| Bloom lilies of white fire | E |
| Her tender heart a rose is | F |
| Of delicate desire | E |
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| She is the gentle Goddess | G |
| Who rules the dreams of youth | H |
| Her wonderful sweet stories | I |
| Are truer than the truth | H |
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| The Muse that comes at midnight | J |
| When lamps of revel shine | K |
| Her robe is laburnum | D |
| All splashed with crimson wine | K |
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| Upon her head defiant | L |
| She wears a vine leaf crown | M |
| And on her naked shoulders | C |
| Her hair is hanging down | M |
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| And she at times is paler | E |
| And paler than the dead | N |
| But O her lips are burning | A |
| And O her lips are red | N |
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| She lifts a brimming goblet | O |
| She spills three drops on the floor | E |
| Drink deep and kiss your leman | P |
| For Death is at the door | E |
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| The gentle Muse of Morning | A |
| Comes now no more to me | D |
| But with the Muse of Midnight | J |
| I revel royally | D |
Victor James Daley
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