The Wanton Chloe--a Pastoral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE CFCFCGCG HIHIJKJK LILIMCMC| Young Chloe looks sweet as the rose | A |
| And her love might be reckoned no less | B |
| But her bosom so freely bestows | A |
| That all may a portion possess | B |
| Her smiles would be cheering to see | C |
| But so freely they're lavished abroad | D |
| That each silly swain like to me | C |
| Can boast what the wanton bestowed | E |
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| Her looks and her kisses so free | C |
| Are for all like the rain and the sky | F |
| As the blossom love is to the bee | C |
| Each swain is as welcome as I | F |
| And though I my folly can see | C |
| Yet still must I love and adore | G |
| Though I know the love whispered to me | C |
| Has been told to so many before | G |
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| 'T is sad that a bosom so fair | H |
| And soft lips so seemingly sweet | I |
| Should study false ways to ensnare | H |
| And breathe in their kisses deceit | I |
| But beauty's no guide to the best | J |
| The rose that out blushes the morn | K |
| While it tempts the glad eye to its breast | J |
| Will pierce the fond hand with a thorn | K |
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| Yet still must I love silly swain | L |
| And put up with all her deceit | I |
| And try to be jealous in vain | L |
| For I cannot help thinking her sweet | I |
| I see other swains in her bower | M |
| And I sigh and excuse what I see | C |
| While I say to myself Is the flower | M |
| Any worse when it's kissed by the bee | C |
John Clare
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