The Phoenix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIJ| A Female Friend advis'd a Swain | A |
| Whose Heart she wish'd at ease | B |
| Make Love thy Pleasure not thy Pain | A |
| Nor let it deeply seize | B |
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| Beauty where Vanities abound | C |
| No serious Passion claims | D |
| Then 'till a Phoenix can be found | C |
| Do not admit the Flames | D |
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| But griev'd She finds that his Replies | E |
| Since prepossess'd when Young | F |
| Take all their Hints from Silvia's Eyes | E |
| None from ARDELIA's Tongue | F |
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| Thus Cupid of our Aim we miss | G |
| Who wou'd unbend thy Bow | H |
| And each slight Nymph a Phoenix is | I |
| When Love will have it so | J |
Anne Kingsmill Finch
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