To Her Whose Name Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFE GHHG IJJI KLLM NOON PGQP| To her whose name | A |
| With its sweet sibilant sound like sudden showers | B |
| Splashing the grass and flowers | B |
| Hath set my April heart aflame | A |
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| To her whose face | C |
| The flower and crown of all created things | D |
| Dearer than even Spring's | D |
| Hath been to me a sacrament of grace | C |
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| Whose luminous mind | E |
| Stored with all gladness of the earth and sky | F |
| Hath lightened my sad eye | F |
| And made it wise in love which erst was blind | E |
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| Whose voice of pleasure | G |
| Calling to joys as a blithe wedding bell | H |
| When ringers ring it well | H |
| Hath tuned my soul to its own happy measure | G |
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| Whose blessed hand | I |
| With its white mystery of fingers five | J |
| Each one a soul alive | J |
| Hath taught me truths no angels understand | I |
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| Whose arms within | K |
| Should she once clasp me to her very heart | L |
| God knoweth we should not part | L |
| But live for aye in Heaven's own bliss divine | M |
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| To her alas | N |
| Who is so near yet standeth still so far | O |
| Seeing the mortal bar | O |
| Betwixt us ever which we cannot pass | N |
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| These lines I send | P |
| With my heart's tears to night beseeching her | G |
| Of her dear love more dear | Q |
| To be no less to me my sweetest soul and friend | P |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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