Horace To Phyllis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ JKJK LMLM DNDN OPOP| Come Phyllis I've a cask of wine | A |
| That fairly reeks with precious juices | B |
| And in your tresses you shall twine | A |
| The loveliest flowers this vale produces | B |
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| My cottage wears a gracious smile | C |
| The altar decked in floral glory | D |
| Yearns for the lamb which bleats the while | C |
| As though it pined for honors gory | D |
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| Hither our neighbors nimbly fare | E |
| The boys agog the maidens snickering | F |
| And savory smells possess the air | E |
| As skyward kitchen flames are flickering | F |
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| You ask what means this grand display | G |
| This festive throng and goodly diet | H |
| Well since you're bound to have your way | G |
| I don't mind telling on the quiet | H |
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| 'Tis April as you know | I |
| A day and month devote to Venus | J |
| Whereon was born some years ago | I |
| My very worthy friend Maecenas | J |
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| Nay pay no heed to Telephus | J |
| Your friends agree he doesn't love you | K |
| The way he flirts convinces us | J |
| He really is not worthy of you | K |
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| Aurora's son unhappy lad | L |
| You know the fate that overtook him | M |
| And Pegasus a rider had | L |
| I say he had before he shook him | M |
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| Haec docet as you must agree | D |
| 'T is meet that Phyllis should discover | N |
| A wisdom in preferring me | D |
| And mittening every other lover | N |
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| So come O Phyllis last and best | O |
| Of loves with which this heart's been smitten | P |
| Come sing my jealous fears to rest | O |
| And let your songs be those I've written | P |
Eugene Field
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