The Great Offence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD E F GHIJ KL I| She seemed so bored | A |
| I wanted to embrace her by surprise | B |
| But then the scalding waters | C |
| Fell from her eyes and burnt her roses | D |
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| I offered her a cup | E |
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| And came to paradise | F |
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| Ah sorrow | G |
| When she rose from the waves of wine | H |
| I thought she would have killed me | I |
| With the swords of her desolation | J |
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| Especially as I had tied her girdle | K |
| With the wrong bow | L |
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| From the Arabic of Abu Nuas eighth century | I |
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