Damon The Mower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FGHHIIJJ KKLMNNKK KKOONNPP KKQQRRSS NNKKTUTT VVWWGGXX YYNNZA2QQ B2C2NNKKKK D2D2E2F2KKNN YYG2G2YYYY

Heark how the Mower Damon SungA
With love of Juliana stungA
While ev'ry thing did seem to paintB
The Scene more fit for his complaintB
Like her fair Eyes the day was fairC
But scorching like his am'rous CareC
Sharp like his Sythe his Sorrow wasD
And wither'd like his Hopes the GrassE
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Oh what unusual Heats are hereF
Which thus our Sun burn'd Meadows searG
The Grass hopper its pipe gives oreH
And hamstring'd Frogs can dance no moreH
But in the brook the green Frog wadesI
And Grass hoppers seek out the shadesI
Only the Snake that kept withinJ
Now glitters in its second skinJ
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This heat the Sun could never raiseK
Nor Dog star so inflame's the dayesK
It from an higher Beauty grow'thL
Which burns the Fields and Mower bothM
Which made the Dog and makes the SunN
Hotter then his own PhaetonN
Not July causeth these ExtremesK
But Juliana's scorching beamsK
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Tell me where I may pass the FiresK
Of the hot day or hot desiresK
To what cool Cave shall I descendO
Or to what gelid Fountain bendO
Alas I look for Ease in vainN
When Remedies themselves complainN
No moisture but my Tears do restP
Nor Cold but in her Icy BreastP
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How long wilt Thou fair ShepheardessK
Esteem me and my Presents lessK
To Thee the harmless Snake I bringQ
Disarmed of its teeth and stingQ
To Thee Chameleons changing hueR
And Oak leaves tipt with hony dueR
Yet Thou ungrateful hast not soughtS
Nor what they are nor who them broughtS
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I am the Mower Damon knownN
Through all the Meadows I have mownN
On me the Morn her dew distillsK
Before her darling DaffadilsK
And if at Noon my toil me heatT
The Sun himself licks off my SweatU
While going home the Ev'ning sweetT
In cowslip water bathes my feetT
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What though the piping Shepherd stockV
The plains with an unnum'red FlockV
This Sithe of mine discovers wideW
More ground then all his Sheep do hideW
With this the golden fleece I shearG
Of all these Closes ev'ry YearG
And though in Wooll more poor then theyX
Yet am I richer far in HayX
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Nor am I so deform'd to sightY
If in my Sithe I looked rightY
In which I see my Picture doneN
As in a crescent Moon the SunN
The deathless Fairyes take me oftZ
To lead them in their Danses softA2
And when I tune my self to singQ
About me they contract their RingQ
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How happy might I still have mow'dB2
Had not Love here his Thistles sow'dC2
But now I all the day complainN
Joyning my Labour to my PainN
And with my Sythe cut down the GrassK
Yet still my Grief is where it wasK
But when the Iron blunter growsK
Sighing I whet my Sythe and WoesK
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While thus he threw his Elbow roundD2
Depopulating all the GroundD2
And with his whistling Sythe does cutE2
Each stroke between the Earth and RootF2
The edged Stele by careless chanceK
Did into his own Ankle glanceK
And there among the Grass fell downN
By his own Sythe the Mower mownN
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Alas said He these hurts are slightY
To those that dye by Loves despightY
With Shepherds purse and Clowns all healG2
The Blood I stanch and Wound I sealG2
Only for him no Cure is foundY
Whom Julianas Eyes do woundY
'Tis death alone that this must doY
For Death thou art a Mower tooY

Andrew Marvell



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