Fragment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DADEDEFF GHGHIHJJ KLMN| I WALK'D along a stream for pureness rare | A |
| Brighter than sun shine for it did acquaint | B |
| The dullest sight with all the glorious prey | C |
| That in the pebble paved channel lay | C |
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| No molten crystal but a richer mine | D |
| Even Nature's rarest alchymy ran there | A |
| Diamonds resolv'd and substance more divine | D |
| Through whose bright gliding current might appear | E |
| A thousand naked nymphs whose ivory shine | D |
| Enamelling the banks made them more dear | E |
| Than ever was that glorious palace' gate | F |
| Where the day shining Sun in triumph sate | F |
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| Upon this brim the eglantine and rose | G |
| The tamarisk olive and the almond tree | H |
| As kind companions in one union grows | G |
| Folding their twining arms as oft we see | H |
| Turtle taught lovers either other close | I |
| Lending to dulness feeling sympathy | H |
| And as a costly valance o'er a bed | J |
| So did their garland tops the brook o'erspread | J |
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| Their leaves that differ'd both in shape and show | K |
| Though all were green yet difference such in green | L |
| Like to the checker'd bent of Iris' bow | M |
| Prided the running main as it had been | N |
Christopher Marlowe
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