Valentine's Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK GLGL AMNM| 'Tis said that under distant skies | A |
| Nor you the fact deny | B |
| What first attracts an Indian's eyes | A |
| Becomes his deity | C |
| - | |
| Perhaps a lily or a rose | D |
| That shares the morning's ray | E |
| May to the waking swain disclose | D |
| The regent of the day | E |
| - | |
| Perhaps a plant in yonder grove | F |
| Enrich'd with fragrant power | G |
| May tempt his vagrant eyes to rove | F |
| Where blooms the sovereign flower | G |
| - | |
| Perch'd on the cedar's topmost bough | H |
| And gay with gilded wings | I |
| Perchance the patron of his vow | H |
| Some artless linnet sings | I |
| - | |
| The swain surveys her pleased afraid | J |
| Then low to earth he bends | K |
| And owns upon her friendly aid | J |
| His health his life depends | K |
| - | |
| Vain futile idols bird or flower | G |
| To tempt a votary's prayer | L |
| How would his humble homage tower | G |
| Should he behold my fair | L |
| - | |
| Yes might the Pagan's waking eyes | A |
| O'er Flavia's beauty range | M |
| He there would fix his lasting choice | N |
| Nor dare nor wish to change | M |
William Shenstone
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