Ballade Of Difficult Rhymes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC C ACAC| With certain rhymes 'tis hard to deal | A |
| For 'silver' we have ne'er a rhyme | B |
| On 'orange' as on orange peel | A |
| The bard has slipped full many a time | B |
| With 'babe' there's scarce a sound will chime | B |
| Though 'astrolabe' fits like a glove | C |
| But ye that on Parnassus climb | B |
| Why why are rhymes so rare to LOVE | C |
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| A rhyme to 'cusp ' to beg or steal | A |
| I've sought from evensong to prime | B |
| But vain is my poetic zeal | A |
| There's not one sound is worth a 'dime' | B |
| 'Bilge ' 'coif ' 'scarf ' 'window' deeds of crime | B |
| I'd do to gain the rhymes thereof | C |
| Nor shrink from acts of moral grime | B |
| Why why are rhymes so rare to LOVE | C |
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| To 'dove' my fancies flit and wheel | A |
| Like butterflies on banks of thyme | B |
| 'Above' or 'shove' alas I feel | A |
| They're too much used to be sublime | B |
| I scorn with angry pantomime | B |
| The thought of 'move' pronounced as muv | C |
| Ah in Apollo's golden clime | B |
| Why why are rhymes so rare to LOVE | C |
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| ENVOI | C |
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| Prince of the lute and lyre reveal | A |
| New rhymes fresh minted from above | C |
| Nor still be deaf to our appeal | A |
| Why WHY are rhymes so rare to LOVE | C |
Andrew Lang
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