To Hester On The Stair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDB EFEGHHG IJIJBBJ CJCJKKJ JJJJJJJ| Hester creature of my love | A |
| What is this You love not me | B |
| On the stair you stand above | A |
| Looking down distrustfully | C |
| With the corners of your eyes | D |
| Watching me in mute surprise | D |
| Me your father only me | B |
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| Hester why this foolish terror | E |
| You who know me and my ways | F |
| Was my love so writ in error | E |
| That it needed your disgrace | G |
| Is your doubt of locks grown thin | H |
| Or the beard which hides his chin | H |
| His your father's chin and face | G |
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| Hester we were fools of passion | I |
| When our last goodbyes were smiled | J |
| Now you stand in your strange fashion | I |
| By my kisses unbeguiled | J |
| With your light foot turned to flee | B |
| While I press you to my knee | B |
| You my child my only child | J |
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| Listen Hester I am able | C |
| Still to flatter and be fond | J |
| You the wise crow of the fable | C |
| Perched above me and beyond | J |
| Foolish Not one word you speak | K |
| To my praises of your cheek | K |
| Not one sound one only sound | J |
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| Be it so My love you mock it | J |
| And my sighs are empty wind | J |
| See I shut my heart and lock it | J |
| From your laughing eyes unkind | J |
| Yet remember this last word | J |
| Love is two edged like a sword | J |
| Mind this only only mind | J |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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