The Rose-bud Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGH IIDD JJK| 'See Daphne see ' Florelio cried | A |
| 'And learn the sad effects of pride | A |
| Yon shelter'd rose how safe conceal'd | B |
| How quickly blasted when reveal'd | B |
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| 'The sun with warm attractive rays | C |
| Tempts it to wanton in the blaze | C |
| A gale succeeds from eastern skies | D |
| And all its blushing radiance dies | D |
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| 'So you my Fair of charms divine | E |
| Will quit the plains too fond to shine | E |
| Where Fame's transporting rays allure | F |
| Though here more happy more secure | F |
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| 'The breath of some neglected maid | G |
| Shall make you sigh you left the shade | G |
| A breath to beauty's bloom unkind | H |
| As to the rose an eastern wind ' | - |
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| The nymph replied 'You first my Swain | I |
| Confine your sonnets to the plain | I |
| One envious tongue alike disarms | D |
| You of your wit me of my charms | D |
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| 'What is unknown the poet's skill | J |
| Or what unheard the tuneful thrill | J |
| What unadmired a charming mien | K |
| Or what the rose's blush unseen ' | - |
William Shenstone
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