To Lovers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDD EEFF GG HHCC IIII EEFFAA| Ho ye lovers list to me | A |
| Warning words have I for thee | A |
| Give ye heed hefore ye wed | B |
| To this thing Sir Chaucer said | B |
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| Love wol not be constrained by maistrie | C |
| When maistrie cometh the god of love anon | D |
| Beteth his winges and farewel he is gon | D |
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| Other poets knew as well | E |
| And the same sad story tell | E |
| Hark ye heed ye while ye may | F |
| What the worldly Pope doth say | F |
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| Love free as air at sight of human ties | G |
| Spreads his light wings and in a moment flies | G |
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| This Sir Hudibras brave knight | H |
| Faithful lover constant wight | H |
| From his lady's lips did hear | C |
| Mark ye eke the warning clear | C |
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| Love is too generous t'abide | I |
| To be against its nature ty'd | I |
| For where 'tis of itself inclin'd | I |
| It breaks loose when it is confin'd | I |
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| Ho ye lovers shall I tell | E |
| How through life with Love to dwell | E |
| Spite of all the poets say | F |
| Harken to the easy way | F |
| Strive to bind him not but see | A |
| That the little god binds thee | A |
Ellis Parker Butler
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