Impromptu, To Lady Winchelsea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBBBCCDDAA| In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore | A |
| And cite those Sapho's we admire no more | A |
| Fate doom'd the Fall of ev'ry Female Wit | B |
| But doom'd it then when first Ardelia writ | B |
| Of all Examples by the World confest | B |
| I knew Ardelia could not quote the best | B |
| Who like her Mistress on Britannia's Throne | C |
| Fights and subdues in Quarrels not her own | C |
| To write their Praise you but in vain essay | D |
| Ev'n while you write you take that Praise away | D |
| Light to the Stars the Sun does thus restore | A |
| But shines himself till they are seen no more | A |
Alexander Pope
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