Balade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBB ABABBBB ABABBBB| Hyd Absolon thy gilte tresses clere | A |
| Ester ley thou thy meknesse al a doun | B |
| Hyd Jonathas al thy frendly manere | A |
| Penalopee and Marcia Catoun | B |
| Mak of your wyfhod no comparisoun | B |
| Hyde ye your beautes Isoude and Eleyne | B |
| My lady cometh that al this may disteyne | B |
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| Thy faire body lat hit nat appere | A |
| Lavyne and thou Lucresse of Rome toun | B |
| And Polixene that boghten love so dere | A |
| And Cleopatre with al thy passioun | B |
| Hyde ye your trouthe of love and your renoun | B |
| And thou Tisbe that hast of love swich peyne | B |
| My lady cometh that al this may disteyne | B |
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| Herro Dido Laudomia alle y fere | A |
| And Phyllis hanging for thy Demophoun | B |
| And Canace espyed by thy chere | A |
| Ysiphile betraysed with Jasoun | B |
| Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun | B |
| Nor Ypermistre or Adriane ye tweyne | B |
| My lady cometh that al this may distevne | B |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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