Summer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEDDFFDDCCDDDD GHIJKKLLMHDDNN| See what delights in sylvan scenes appear | A |
| Descending Gods have found Elysium here | B |
| In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd | C |
| And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade | C |
| Come lovely nymph and bless the silent hours | D |
| When swains from shearing seek their nightly bow'rs | D |
| When weary reapers quit the sultry field | E |
| And crown'd with corn their thanks to Ceres yield | E |
| This harmless grove no lurking viper hides | D |
| But in my breast the serpent Love abides | D |
| Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew | F |
| But your Alexis knows no sweets but you | F |
| Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats | D |
| The mossy fountains and the green retreats | D |
| Where e'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade | C |
| Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade | C |
| Where e'er you tread the blushing flow'rs shall rise | D |
| And all things flourish where you turn your eyes | D |
| Oh How I long with you to pass my days | D |
| Invoke the muses and resound your praise | D |
| Your praise the birds shall chant in ev'ry grove | G |
| And winds shall waft it to the pow'rs above | H |
| But wou'd you sing and rival Orpheus' strain | I |
| The wond'ring forests soon shou'd dance again | J |
| The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call | K |
| And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall | K |
| But see the shepherds shun the noon day heat | L |
| The lowing herds to murm'ring brooks retreat | L |
| To closer shades the panting flocks remove | M |
| Ye Gods And is there no relief for Love | H |
| But soon the sun with milder rays descends | D |
| To the cool ocean where his journey ends | D |
| On me Love's fiercer flames for ever prey | N |
| By night he scorches as he burns by day | N |
Alexander Pope
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