Ballade Of Old Plays Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCDCD E BCBCCCCC F BCBCCGCC H CCCC| LA COUR | A |
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| When these Old Plays were new the King | B |
| Beside the Cardinal's chair | C |
| Applauded 'mid the courtly ring | B |
| The verses of Moliere | C |
| Point lace was then the only wear | C |
| Old Corneille came to woo | D |
| And bright Du Parc was young and fair | C |
| When these Old Plays were new | D |
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| LA COMEDIE | E |
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| How shrill the butcher's cat calls ring | B |
| How loud the lackeys swear | C |
| Black pipe bowls on the stage they fling | B |
| At Brecourt fuming there | C |
| The Porter's stabbed a Mousquetaire | C |
| Breaks in with noisy crew | C |
| 'Twas all a commonplace affair | C |
| When these Old Plays were new | C |
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| LA VILLE | F |
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| When these Old Plays were new They bring | B |
| A host of phantoms rare | C |
| Old jests that float old jibes that sting | B |
| Old faces peaked with care | C |
| Menage's smirk de Vise's stare | C |
| The thefts of Jean Ribou | G |
| Ah publishers were hard to bear | C |
| When these Old Plays were new | C |
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| ENVOY | H |
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| Ghosts at your Poet's word ye dare | C |
| To break Death's dungeons through | C |
| And frisk as in that golden air | C |
| When these Old Plays were new | C |
Andrew Lang
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