Iambicum Trimetrum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDDEFGHIJHDGEKGDL L| Unhappy verse the witness of my unhappy state | A |
| Make thy self flutt'ring wings of thy fast flying | B |
| Thought and fly forth unto my love wheresoever she be | C |
| Whether lying restless in heavy bed or else | D |
| Sitting so cheerless at the cheerful board or else | D |
| Playing alone careless on her heavenly virginals | D |
| If in bed tell her that my eyes can take no rest | E |
| If at board tell her that my mouth can eat no meat | F |
| If at her virginals tell her I can hear no mirth | G |
| Asked why say waking love suffereth no sleep | H |
| Say that raging love doth appal the weak stomach | I |
| Say that lamenting love marreth the musical | J |
| Tell her that her pleasures were wont to lull me asleep | H |
| Tell her that her beauty was wont to feed mine eyes | D |
| Tell her that her sweet tongue was wont to make me mirth | G |
| Now do I nightly waste wanting my kindly rest | E |
| Now do I daily starve wanting my lively food | K |
| Now do I always die wanting thy timely mirth | G |
| And if I waste who will bewail my heavy chance | D |
| And if I starve who will record my cursed end | L |
| And if I die who will say This was Immerito | L |
Edmund Spenser
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