Love-s Likenings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABAACBDCDEDAEDAAA AFGFHGGHA IAIGJGJG AAAKAAKAALLMANLDADDA| He | A |
| To what love shall I liken thee | A |
| Thou methinks shalt firstly be | A |
| A blue flower with nodding bells | B |
| In the hollow of a tree | A |
| When the wind blows wantonly | A |
| Thou shalt ever shake thy head | C |
| At the idle tale he tells | B |
| But at evening from the clover | D |
| When the world is all abed | C |
| And the noisy day is over | D |
| And the birds have gone to rest | E |
| In the darkness will I hover | D |
| Till thou bid me come to thee | A |
| Till I creep into thy nest | E |
| I thy long expected lover | D |
| I thy sweet thy honey bee | A |
| To what love shall I liken thee | A |
| Tell me love what wouldst thou be | A |
| - | |
| She | A |
| I would be a white cloud lying | F |
| In the bosom of the sky | G |
| And at noon when Earth is sighing | F |
| For the sun my fleeces hide | H |
| I would bask in his bright eye | G |
| Till he drew me up on high | G |
| Till be took me for his bride | H |
| Thou shalt be my sun to me | A |
| - | |
| Love but I would be a well | I |
| In the sands of Araby | A |
| So thyself wert a gazelle | I |
| Which must either drink or die | G |
| Bend above me love and lo | J |
| In my waters thou shalt spy | G |
| All that my heart cares to show | J |
| Thy own face against the sky | G |
| - | |
| He | A |
| To what more shall I liken thee | A |
| Thou my love shalt lastly be | A |
| A clear silver tongu d brook | K |
| Running downwards to the Sea | A |
| And the reeds shall seek to stay thee | A |
| Under every shaded nook | K |
| And the pebbles shall waylay thee | A |
| With their bald heads to dismay thee | A |
| Till thy pretty face grows white | L |
| Half in anger half in fright | L |
| See thy troubles are forgot | M |
| In the still pool suddenly | A |
| And a smile has found thee out | N |
| Taking shape of thy delight | L |
| Laughing weeping onward ever | D |
| Till thou join thyself to me | A |
| For my love shall be the river | D |
| Thou and I shall run together | D |
| Ever till we meet the Sea | A |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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