Song (sylvia The Fair, In The Bloom Of Fifteen) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEEEED FFGGCDEEEED HHHICDEEEED| Sylvia the fair in the bloom of fifteen | A |
| Felt an innocent warmth as she lay on the green | A |
| She had heard of a pleasure and something she guessed | B |
| By the towsing and tumbling and touching her breast | B |
| She saw the men eager but was at a loss | C |
| What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close | D |
| By their praying and whining | E |
| And clasping and twining | E |
| And panting and wishing | E |
| And sighing and kissing | E |
| And sighing and kissing so close | D |
| - | |
| Ah she cried ah for a languishing maid | F |
| In a country of Christians to die without aid | F |
| Not a Whig or a Tory or Trimmer at least | G |
| Or a Protestant parson or Catholic priest | G |
| To instruct a young virgin that is at a loss | C |
| What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close | D |
| By their praying and whining | E |
| And clasping and twining | E |
| And panting and wishing | E |
| And sighing and kissing | E |
| And sighing and kissing so close | D |
| - | |
| Cupid in shape of a swain did appear | H |
| He saw the sad wound and in pity drew near | H |
| Then showed her his arrow and bid her not fear | H |
| For the pain was no more than a maiden may bear | I |
| When the balm was infused she was not at a loss | C |
| What they meant by their sighing and kissing so close | D |
| By their praying and whining | E |
| And clasping and twining | E |
| And panting and wishing | E |
| And sighing and kissing | E |
| And sighing and kissing so close | D |
John Dryden
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