Song #5 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD ECFCBCBC GHGHIJIJ| I would not feign a single sigh | A |
| Nor weep a single tear for thee | B |
| The soul within these orbs burns dry | A |
| A desert spreads where love should be | B |
| I would not be a worm to crawl | C |
| A writhing suppliant in thy way | D |
| For love is life is heaven and all | C |
| The beams of an immortal day | D |
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| For sighs are idle things and vain | E |
| And tears for idiots vainly fall | C |
| I would not kiss thy face again | F |
| Nor round thy shining slippers crawl | C |
| Love is the honey not the bee | B |
| Nor would I turn its sweets to gall | C |
| For all the beauty found in thee | B |
| Thy lily neck rose cheek and all | C |
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| I would not feign a single tale | G |
| Thy kindness or thy love to seek | H |
| Nor sigh for Jenny of the Vale | G |
| Her ruby smile or rosy cheek | H |
| I would not have a pain to own | I |
| For those dark curls and those bright eyes | J |
| A frowning lip a heart of stone | I |
| False love and folly I despise | J |
John Clare
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