Mark Antony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFFE GHIJKKKEFFE ALAMNNEOFFE APAQFFEEEEE| Whenas the nightingale chanted her vespers | A |
| And the wild forester couched on the ground | B |
| Venus invited me in th' evening whispers | A |
| Unto a fragrant field with roses crowned | B |
| Where she before had sent | C |
| My wishes' complement | D |
| Unto my heart's content | C |
| Played with me on the green | E |
| Never Mark Antony | F |
| Dallied more wantonly | F |
| With the fair Egyptian Queen | E |
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| First on her cherry cheeks I mine eyes feasted | G |
| Thence fear surfeiting made me retire | H |
| Next on her warmer lips which when I tasted | I |
| My duller spirits made active as fire | J |
| Then we began to dart | K |
| Each at another's heart | K |
| Arrows that knew no smart | K |
| Sweet lips and smiles between | E |
| Never Mark Antony | F |
| Dallied more wantonly | F |
| With the fair Egyptian Queen | E |
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| Wanting a glass to plait her amber tresses | A |
| Which like a bracelet rich decked mine arm | L |
| Gaudier than Juno wears whenas she graces | A |
| Jove with embraces more stately than warm | M |
| Then did she peep in mine | N |
| Eyes' humor crystalline | N |
| I in her eyes was seen | E |
| As if we one had been | O |
| Never Mark Antony | F |
| Dallied more wantonly | F |
| With the fair Egyptian Queen | E |
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| Mystical grammar of amorous glances | A |
| Feeling of pulses the physic of love | P |
| Rhetorical courtings and musical dances | A |
| Numb'ring of kisses arithmetic prove | Q |
| Eyes like astronomy | F |
| Straight limbed geometry | F |
| In her art's ingeny | E |
| Our wits were sharp and keen | E |
| Never Mark Antony | E |
| Dallied more wantonly | E |
| With the fair Egyptian Queen | E |
John Cleveland
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