Ladies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCD EAAFA GEAEHID DEGAGJG| Agathas | A |
| Four and forty lovers had Agathas in the old days | A |
| All of whom she refused | B |
| And now she turns to me seeking love | C |
| And her hair also is turning | D |
| - | |
| Young Lady | E |
| I have fed your lar with poppies | A |
| I have adored you for three full years | A |
| And now you grumble because your dress does not fit | F |
| And because I happen to say so | A |
| - | |
| Lesbia Illa | G |
| Memnon Menmon that lady | E |
| Who used to walk about amongst us | A |
| With such gracious uncertainty | E |
| Is now wedded | H |
| To a British householder | I |
| Lugete Veneres Lugete Cupidinesque | D |
| - | |
| Passing | D |
| Flawless as Aphrodite | E |
| Thoroughly beautiful | G |
| Brainless | A |
| The faint odour of your patchouli | G |
| Faint almost as the lines of cruelty about your chin | J |
| Assails me and concerns me almost as little | G |
Ezra Pound
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