Sonnet Lxxxvii. To A Young Lady, Addressed By A Gentleman Celebrated For His Poetic Talents Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBACCDEFEGG| Round Cleon's brow the Delphic laurels twine | A |
| And lo the laurel decks Amanda's breast | B |
| Charm'd shall he mark its glossy branches shine | A |
| On that contrasting snow shall see express'd | B |
| Love's better omens in the green hues dress'd | B |
| Of this selected foliage Nymph 't is thine | A |
| The warning story on its leaves to find | C |
| Proud Daphne's fate imprison'd in its rind | C |
| And with its umbrage veil'd great Phoebus' power | D |
| Scorning and bent with feet of wind to foil | E |
| His swift pursuit till on Thessalian shore | F |
| Shot into boughs and rooted to the soil | E |
| Thus warn'd fair Maid Apollo's ire to shun | G |
| Soon may his Spray's and VOTARY's lot be one | G |
Anna Seward
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