Him Rival To The Gods I Place Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF EGEG| Him rival to the gods I place | A |
| Him loftier yet if loftier be | B |
| Who Lesbia sits before thy face | A |
| Who listens and who looks on thee | B |
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| Thee smiling soft Yet this delight | C |
| Doth all my sense consign to death | D |
| For when thou dawnest on my sight | C |
| Ah wretched flits my labouring breath | D |
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| My tongue is palsied Subtly hid | E |
| Fire creeps me through from limb to limb | F |
| My loud ears tingle all unbid | E |
| Twin clouds of night mine eyes bedim | F |
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| Ease is my plague ease makes thee void | E |
| Catullus with these vacant hours | G |
| And wanton ease that hath destroyed | E |
| Great kings and states with all their powers | G |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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