To Albius Tibullus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHG IJKJ LMMM| Not to lament that rival flame | A |
| Wherewith the heartless Glycera scorns you | B |
| Nor waste your time in maudlin rhyme | C |
| How many a modern instance warns you | B |
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| Fair browed Lycoris pines away | D |
| Because her Cyrus loves another | E |
| The ruthless churl informs the girl | F |
| He loves her only as a brother | E |
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| For he in turn courts Pholoe | F |
| A maid unscotched of love's fierce virus | G |
| Why goats will mate with wolves they hate | H |
| Ere Pholoe will mate with Cyrus | G |
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| Ah weak and hapless human hearts | I |
| By cruel Mother Venus fated | J |
| To spend this life in hopeless strife | K |
| Because incongruously mated | J |
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| Such torture Albius is my lot | L |
| For though a better mistress wooed me | M |
| My Myrtale has captured me | M |
| And with her cruelties subdued me | M |
Eugene Field
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