Perfect Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFF GGHHIIJKLL MMNNOOPPAASHE was a phantom of delight | A |
When first she gleam'd upon my sight | A |
A lovely apparition sent | B |
To be a moment's ornament | C |
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair | D |
Like twilight's too her dusky hair | D |
But all things else about her drawn | E |
From May time and the cheerful dawn | E |
A dancing shape an image gay | F |
To haunt to startle and waylay | F |
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I saw her upon nearer view | G |
A Spirit yet a Woman too | G |
Her household motions light and free | H |
And steps of virgin liberty | H |
A countenance in which did meet | I |
Sweet records promises as sweet | I |
A creature not too bright or good | J |
For human nature's daily food | K |
For transient sorrows simple wiles | L |
Praise blame love kisses tears and smiles | L |
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And now I see with eye serene | M |
The very pulse of the machine | M |
A being breathing thoughtful breath | N |
A traveller between life and death | N |
The reason firm the temperate will | O |
Endurance foresight strength and skill | O |
A perfect Woman nobly plann'd | P |
To warn to comfort and command | P |
And yet a Spirit still and bright | A |
With something of angelic light | A |
William Wordsworth
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