Lesbia-s Sparrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMFFDNO| All you Loves and Cupids cry | A |
| and all you men of feeling | B |
| my girl s sparrow is dead | C |
| my girl s beloved sparrow | D |
| She loved him more than herself | E |
| He was sweeter than honey and he | F |
| knew her as she knows her mother | G |
| He never flew out of her lap | H |
| but hopping about here and there | I |
| just chirped to his lady alone | J |
| Now he is flying the dark | K |
| no one ever returns from | L |
| Evil to you evil Shades | M |
| of Orcus destroyers of beauty | F |
| You have stolen the beautiful sparrow from me | F |
| Oh sad day Oh poor little sparrow | D |
| Because of you my sweet girl s eyes | N |
| are red with weeping and swollen | O |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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