A Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK LALA| Horace Book II Elegy | A |
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| Eripitur nobis iam pridem cara puella | B |
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| While she I loved is being torn | C |
| From arms that held her many years | D |
| Dost thou regard me friend with scorn | C |
| Or seek to check my tears | E |
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| Bitter the hatred for a jilt | F |
| And hot the hates of Eros are | G |
| My hatred slay me as thou wilt | F |
| For thee'd be gentler far | G |
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| Can I endure that she recline | H |
| Upon another's arm Shall they | I |
| No longer call that lady mine | H |
| Who mine was yesterday | I |
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| For Love is fleeting as the hours | J |
| The town of Thebes is draped with moss | K |
| And Ilium's well known topless towers | J |
| Are now a total loss | K |
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| Fell Thebes and Troy and in the grave | L |
| Have fallen lords of high degree | A |
| What songs I sang What gifts I gave | L |
| She never fell for me | A |
Franklin Pierce Adams
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