To A Lady Asking Foolish Questions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DD EE FF| Why am I sorry Chloe Because the moon is far | A |
| And who am I to be straitened in a little earthly star | A |
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| Because thy face is fair And what if it had not been | B |
| The fairest face of all is the face I have not seen | C |
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| Because the land is cold and however I scheme and plot | D |
| I cannot find a ferry to the land where I am not | D |
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| Because thy lips are red and thy breasts upbraid the snow | E |
| There is neither white nor red in the pleasance where I go | E |
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| Because thy lips grow pale and thy breasts grow dun and fall | F |
| I go where the wind blows Chloe and am not sorry at all | F |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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