The Mask Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB D DE F FG| 'Put off that mask of burning gold | A |
| With emerald eyes ' | B |
| 'O no my dear you make so bold | A |
| To find if hearts be wild and wise | C |
| And yet not cold ' | B |
| - | |
| 'I would but find what's there to find | D |
| Love or deceit ' | - |
| 'It was the mask engaged your mind | D |
| And after set your heart to beat | E |
| Not what's behind ' | - |
| - | |
| 'But lest you are my enemy | F |
| I must enquire ' | - |
| 'O no my dear let all that be | F |
| What matter so there is but fire | G |
| In you in me ' | - |
William Butler Yeats
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