Escape From The Snares Of Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDE FFGG HHI JJKK LLEI MMNN| YOUNG LOVE has chains of metal rare | A |
| Heavy as gold yet light as air | A |
| It chanced he caught a heart one day | B |
| Which struggled hard as loth to stay | B |
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| Prudence poor thing was lingering near | C |
| She whispered in the captive's ear | D |
| 'Cease little flutterer bear thy chain | E |
| And soon thou shalt be free again ' | - |
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| No I assert my right to fly | F |
| The chain shall break and Love shall die | F |
| What I remain a willing slave | G |
| No freedom freedom or the grave | G |
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| Meanwhile Love slumbered by his prize | H |
| His languid limbs and closing eyes | H |
| Prudence beheld she spoke again | I |
| 'Oh yet a moment bear thy chain ' | - |
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| Unheeded prayer the struggling heart | J |
| Strove still the slender links to part | J |
| While timid Prudence gazed and sighed | K |
| Weary of strife and loth to chide | K |
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| One moment more the links had broke | L |
| But slumbering Love alarmed awoke | L |
| With iron rivets bound the chain | E |
| And turned secure to sleep again | I |
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| Let hearts which now in bondage weep | M |
| Repose till wearied Love shall sleep | M |
| Oh struggle not lest he should wake | N |
| Slip off the chain it will not break | N |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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