The Veil Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGAAHHII JJ| I think and think yet still I fail | A |
| Why must this lady wear a veil | A |
| Why thus elect to mask her face | B |
| Beneath that dainty web of lace | B |
| The tip of a small nose I see | C |
| And two red lips set curiously | C |
| Like twin born berries on one stem | D |
| And yet she has netted even them | D |
| Her eyes 'tis plain survey with ease | E |
| Whate'er to glance upon they please | E |
| Yet whether hazel gray or blue | F |
| Or that even lovelier lilac hue | F |
| I cannot guess why why deny | G |
| Such beauty to the passer by | G |
| Out of a bush a nightingale | A |
| May expound his song from 'neath that veil | A |
| A happy mouth no doubt can make | H |
| English sound sweeter for its sake | H |
| But then why muffle in like this | I |
| What every blossomy wind would kiss | I |
| Why in that little night disguise | J |
| A daybreak face those starry eyes | J |
Walter De La Mare
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