On A Fan Of The Author's Design Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFGHHCC| Come gentle Air th' AEolian shepherd said | A |
| While Procris panted in the secret shade | B |
| Come gentle Air the fairer Delia cries | C |
| While at her feet her swain expiring lies | C |
| Lo the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray | D |
| Breathe on her lips and in her bosom play | D |
| In Delia's hand this toy is fatal found | E |
| Nor could that fabled dart more surely wound | E |
| Both gifts destructive to the givers prove | F |
| Alike both lovers fall by those they love | G |
| Yet guiltless too this bright destroyer lives | H |
| At random wounds nor knows the wound she gives | H |
| She views the story with attentive eyes | C |
| And pities Procris while her lover dies | C |
Alexander Pope
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