The Steadfast Shepherd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED AFAFGDHD AIAIJDKD| Hence away thou siren leave me | A |
| Pish unclasp those wanton arms | B |
| Sugared words can ne'er deceive me | A |
| Though thou prove a thousand charms | B |
| Fie fie forbear no common snare | C |
| Can ever my affection chain | D |
| They painted baits and poor deceits | E |
| Are all bestowed on me in vain | D |
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| I'm no slave to such as you be | A |
| Neither shall that snowy breast | F |
| Rolling eye and lip of ruby | A |
| Ever rob me of my rest | F |
| Go go display thy beauty's ray | G |
| To some more soon enamoured swain | D |
| Those common wiles of sighs and smiles | H |
| Are all bestowed on me in vain | D |
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| I have elsewhere vowed a duty | A |
| Turn away that tempting eye | I |
| Show me not a painted beauty | A |
| These impostures I defy | I |
| My spirit loathes where gaudy clothes | J |
| And feigned oaths may love obtain | D |
| I love her so whose looks swear no | K |
| That all your labours will be vain | D |
George Wither
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Rantidev Trivedi: Very interesting poem
Truthful too
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