O Mors! Quam Amara Est Memoria Tua Homini Pacem Habenti In Substantiis Suis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB CDCDCD EFEFEF ADADADExceeding sorrow | A |
Consumeth my sad heart | B |
Because to morrow | A |
We must depart | B |
Now is exceeding sorrow | A |
All my part | B |
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Give over playing | C |
Cast thy viol away | D |
Merely laying | C |
Thine head my way | D |
Prithee give over playing | C |
Grave or gay | D |
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Be no word spoken | E |
Weep nothing let a pale | F |
Silence unbroken | E |
Silence prevail | F |
Prithee be no word spoken | E |
Lest I fail | F |
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Forget to morrow | A |
Weep nothing only lay | D |
In silent sorrow | A |
Thine head my way | D |
Let us forget to morrow | A |
This one day | D |
Ernest Dowson
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