To Lesbia (after Sappho) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFFG HIJG KLML| I say not not Helios burns so strong | A |
| I say he outshines the flickering sun | B |
| when your laughter's radiance falls on him there | C |
| trembling before you | D |
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| the song draws the soul from my body it | E |
| shakes me with wanting and fear because when I | F |
| see you I arch to the stars and dissolving I | F |
| fade into darkness | G |
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| and now like a mawkish boy I stammer | H |
| pale flame veins my flesh and my ears ring | I |
| crazy in chimes and night veils my eyes | J |
| failing such brightness | G |
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| Languor Catullus destroys you Look out | K |
| Languor ripens your womanish ease | L |
| Languor before has ruined great kings | M |
| laid waste happy cities | L |
Gaius Valerius Catullus
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