To Albius Tibullus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHG IJKJ LMMM

Not to lament that rival flameA
Wherewith the heartless Glycera scorns youB
Nor waste your time in maudlin rhymeC
How many a modern instance warns youB
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Fair browed Lycoris pines awayD
Because her Cyrus loves anotherE
The ruthless churl informs the girlF
He loves her only as a brotherE
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For he in turn courts PholoeF
A maid unscotched of love's fierce virusG
Why goats will mate with wolves they hateH
Ere Pholoe will mate with CyrusG
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Ah weak and hapless human heartsI
By cruel Mother Venus fatedJ
To spend this life in hopeless strifeK
Because incongruously matedJ
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Such torture Albius is my lotL
For though a better mistress wooed meM
My Myrtale has captured meM
And with her cruelties subdued meM

Eugene Field



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