Merciles Beaute: Captivity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB ABAB ABBABB| Your eyen two wol slee me sodenly | A |
| I may the beaut egrave of hem not sustene | B |
| So woundeth hit through out my herte kene | B |
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| And but your word wol helen hastily | A |
| My hertes wounde whyl that hit is grene | B |
| Your eyen two wol slee me sodenly | A |
| I may the beaut egrave of hem not sustene | B |
| - | |
| Upon my trouthe I sey yow feithfully | A |
| That ye ben of my lyf and deeth the quene | B |
| For with my deeth the trouthe shal be sene | B |
| Your eyen two wol slee me sodenly | A |
| I may the beaut egrave of hem not sustene | B |
| So woundeth hit through out my herte kene | B |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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