Villanelle Of Marguerites Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA| A little passionately not at all | A |
| She casts the snowy petals on the air | B |
| And what care we how many petals fall | A |
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| Nay wherefore seek the seasons to forestall | A |
| It is but playing and she will not care | B |
| A little passionately not at all | A |
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| She would not answer us if we should call | A |
| Across the years her visions are too fair | B |
| And what care we how many petals fall | A |
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| She knows us not nor recks if she enthrall | A |
| With voice and eyes and fashion of her hair | B |
| A little passionately not at all | A |
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| Knee deep she goes in meadow grasses tall | A |
| Kissed by the daisies that her fingers tear | B |
| And what care we how many petals fall | A |
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| We pass and go but she shall not recall | A |
| What men we were nor all she made us bear | B |
| A little passionately not at all | A |
| And what care we how many petals fall | A |
Ernest Dowson
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Tony Reynolds: Brilliant! Dowson had a thing about very young girls, but then, who doesn't love their darling, thoughtless ways?
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