Amour Honestus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CB CB CB CB DB DB EB BB| The nights were long and cold and bittersweet | A |
| And he made a song for the hell of it | B |
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| She stood by the window a heavenly light | C |
| Who created havoc for the hell of it | B |
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| He used to fondle every skirt in sight | C |
| Then he fell in love that's the hell of it | B |
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| Now there's a courtyard with an abject knight | C |
| Yodeling his head off for the hell of it | B |
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| O poor me my Lady my hopeless plight | C |
| She married a prince for the hell of it | B |
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| Honorable unsatisfied illicit | D |
| Why bring it up Just for the hell of it | B |
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| The fever spread from poet to poet | D |
| Who burned in the high minded hell of it | B |
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| But the Untouchable had him by the throat | E |
| And he stopped singing for the hell of it | B |
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| Love is a tower a trance a medieval pit | B |
| When I lost you I knew the hell of it | B |
Edward Hirsch
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