On A Fan Of The Author's Design Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFGHHCCCome 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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