The Passionate Shepherd To His Love Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEF GGHH HHII GGBA JJBA| Come live with me and be my love | A |
| And we will all the pleasures prove | B |
| That hills and valleys dales and fields | C |
| And all the craggy mountain yields | C |
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| There we will sit upon the rocks | D |
| And see the shepherds feed their flocks | D |
| By shallow rivers to whose falls | E |
| Melodious birds sing madrigals | F |
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| And I will make thee beds of roses | G |
| With a thousand fragrant posies | G |
| A cap of flowers and a kirtle | H |
| Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle | H |
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| A gown made of the finest wool | H |
| Which from our pretty lambs we pull | H |
| Fair lined slippers for the cold | I |
| With buckles of the purest gold | I |
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| A belt of straw and ivy buds | G |
| With coral clasps and amber studs | G |
| And if these pleasures may thee move | B |
| Come live with me and be my love | A |
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| The shepherd swains shall dance and sing | J |
| For thy delight each May morning | J |
| If these delights thy mind may move | B |
| Then live with me and be my love | A |
Christopher Marlowe
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