The Shadow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABB CDCEBB| Follow a shadow it still flies you | A |
| Seem to fly it it will pursue | A |
| So court a mistress she denies you | A |
| Let her alone she will court you | A |
| Say are not women truly then | B |
| Styled but the shadows of us men | B |
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| At morn and even shades are longest | C |
| At noon they are or short or none | D |
| So men at weakest they are strongest | C |
| But grant us perfect they're not known | E |
| Say are not women truly then | B |
| Styled but the shadows of us men | B |
Ben Jonson
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