A Warning: To Aurelius Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNKOPQA| I commend myself and my love to you | A |
| Aurelius I ask for modest indulgence | B |
| so if you ve ever had a desire in your mind | C |
| you ve pursued chastely and purely | D |
| keep this boy of mine modestly safe | E |
| I don t speak to the masses nothing to fear | F |
| from those who pass to and fro in the streets | G |
| occupied with their business | H |
| truly the fear s of you and your cock | I |
| dangerous to both good and bad boys | J |
| Shake it about as you please and with as much | K |
| force as you please wherever you choose outside | L |
| I except him from that with modesty I think | M |
| But if tempests of mind and mad passion | N |
| impel you to too much sin you wretch | K |
| so you fill my boy s head with deceptions | O |
| then let misery and evil fate be yours | P |
| Of him whom with feet dragged apart an open door | Q |
| radishes and mullets pass through | A |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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