The Death Of Lesbia-s Sparrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGHIJKKBBLKM| Mourn O you Loves and Cupids | A |
| and such of you as love beauty | B |
| my girl s sparrow is dead | C |
| sparrow the girl s delight | D |
| whom she loved more than her eyes | E |
| For he was sweet as honey and knew her | F |
| as well as the girl her own mother | F |
| he never moved from her lap | G |
| but hopping about here and there | H |
| chirped to his mistress alone | I |
| Now he goes down the shadowy road | J |
| from which they say no one returns | K |
| Now let evil be yours evil shadows of Orcus | K |
| that devour everything of beauty | B |
| you ve stolen lovely sparrow from me | B |
| O evil deed O poor little sparrow | L |
| Now by your efforts my girl s eyes | K |
| are swollen and red with weeping | M |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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