The Reconciliation I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC A ECFC A GHDH A IAJA A CHBH A KLMLHE | A |
- | |
When you were mine in auld lang syne | B |
And when none else your charms might ogle | C |
I'll not deny fair nymph that I | D |
Was happier than a heathen mogul | C |
- | |
SHE | A |
- | |
Before she came that rival flame | E |
Had ever mater saucier filia | C |
In those good times bepraised in rhymes | F |
I was more famed than Mother Ilia | C |
- | |
HE | A |
- | |
Chloe of Thrace With what a grace | G |
Does she at song or harp employ her | H |
I'd gladly die if only I | D |
Could live forever to enjoy her | H |
- | |
SHE | A |
- | |
My Sybaris so noble is | I |
That by the gods I love him madly | A |
That I might save him from the grave | J |
I'd give my life and give it gladly | A |
- | |
HE | A |
- | |
What if ma belle from favor fell | C |
And I made up my mind to shake her | H |
Would Lydia then come back again | B |
And to her quondam love betake her | H |
- | |
SHE | A |
- | |
My other beau should surely go | K |
And you alone should find me gracious | L |
For no one slings such odes and things | M |
As does the lauriger Horatius | L |
Eugene Field
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Reconciliation I poem by Eugene Field
Best Poems of Eugene Field