Poem 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAABABCCCCCCCDD| YE learned sisters which haue oftentimes | A |
| beene to me ayding others to adorne | B |
| Whom ye thought worthy of your gracefull rymes | A |
| That euen the greatest did not greatly scorne | B |
| To heare theyr names sung in your simply layes | A |
| But ioyed in theyr prayse | A |
| And when ye lift your owne mishaps to mourne | B |
| Which death or loue or fortunes wreck did rayse | A |
| Your string could soone to sadder tenor turne | B |
| And teach the woods and waters to lament | C |
| Your dolefull dreriment | C |
| Now lay those sorrowfull complaints aside | C |
| And hauing all your heads with girland crownd | C |
| Helpe me mine owne loues prayses to resound | C |
| Ne let the same of any be enuide | C |
| So Orpheus did for his owne bride | C |
| So I vnto my selfe alone will sing | D |
| The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring | D |
Edmund Spenser
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