Clorinda And Damon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB AB AAACC AA AAD AE AF AD AGH AG AII AJA AJ AKK AL AAA AA AMMA AA AA AA NOOPP| C | A |
| Damon come drive thy flocks this way | B |
| - | |
| D | A |
| No 'tis too late they went astray | B |
| - | |
| C | A |
| I have a grassy Scutcheon spy'd | A |
| Where Flora blazons all her pride | A |
| The grass I aim to feast thy Sheep | C |
| The Flow'rs I for thy Temples keep | C |
| - | |
| D | A |
| Grass withers and the Flow'rs too fade | A |
| - | |
| C | A |
| Seize the short Joyes then ere they vade | A |
| Seest thou that unfrequented Cave | D |
| - | |
| D | A |
| That den | E |
| - | |
| C | A |
| Loves Shrine | F |
| - | |
| D | A |
| But Virtue's Grave | D |
| - | |
| C | A |
| In whose cool bosome we may lye | G |
| Safe from the Sun | H |
| - | |
| D | A |
| Not Heaven's Eye | G |
| - | |
| C | A |
| Near this a Fountaines liquid Bell | I |
| Tinkles within the concave Shell | I |
| - | |
| D | A |
| Might a Soul bath there and be clean | J |
| Or slake its Drought | A |
| - | |
| C | A |
| What is 't you mean | J |
| - | |
| D | A |
| These once had been enticing things | K |
| Clorinda Pastures Caves and Springs | K |
| - | |
| C | A |
| And what late change | L |
| - | |
| D | A |
| The other day | A |
| Pan met me | A |
| - | |
| C | A |
| What did great Pan say | A |
| - | |
| D | A |
| Words that transcend poor Shepherds skill | M |
| But he ere since my Songs does fill | M |
| And his Name swells my slender Oate | A |
| - | |
| C | A |
| Sweet must Pan sound in Damons Note | A |
| - | |
| D | A |
| Clorinda's voice might make it sweet | A |
| - | |
| C | A |
| Who would not in Pan's Praises meet | A |
| - | |
| Chorus | N |
| Of Pan the flowry pastures sing | O |
| Caves eccho and the Fountains ring | O |
| Sing then while he doth us inspire | P |
| For all the world is our Pan's Quire | P |
Andrew Marvell
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