Tall Salmacis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HEHEEE| Were an apple tree a pine | A |
| Tall and slim and softly swaying | B |
| Then her beauty were like thine | A |
| Salmacis when boune a Maying | B |
| Tall as any poplar tree | C |
| Sweet as apple blossoms be | C |
| - | |
| Had the Amazonian Queen | D |
| Seen thee 'midst thy maiden peers | E |
| Thou the Coronel hadst been | F |
| Of that lady's Grenadiers | E |
| Troy had never mourned her fall | G |
| With thine axe to guard her wall | G |
| - | |
| As Penthesilea brave | H |
| Is the maiden in her dreams | E |
| Ilium she well might save | H |
| Though Achilles' armour gleams | E |
| 'Midst the Greeks all vain it is | E |
| 'Gainst the glance of Salmacis | E |
Andrew Lang
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