To Ligurinus I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGBGB| Though mighty in Love's favor still | A |
| Though cruel yet my boy | B |
| When the unwelcome dawn shall chill | A |
| Your pride and youthful joy | B |
| The hair which round your shoulder grows | C |
| Is rudely cut away | D |
| Your color redder than the rose | C |
| Is changed by youth's decay | D |
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| Then Ligurinus in the glass | E |
| Another you will spy | F |
| And as the shaggy face alas | E |
| You see your grief will cry | F |
| Why in my youth could I not learn | G |
| The wisdom men enjoy | B |
| Or why to men cannot return | G |
| The smooth cheeks of the boy | B |
Eugene Field
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