Troilus And Cressida Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABABAB AACDCDE| Can life be a blessing | A |
| Or worth the possessing | A |
| Can life be a blessing if love were away | B |
| Ah no though our love all night keep us waking | A |
| And though he torment us with cares all the day | B |
| Yet he sweetens he sweetens our pains in the taking | A |
| There's an hour at the last there's an hour to repay | B |
| - | |
| In ev'ry possessing | A |
| The ravishing blessing | A |
| In ev'ry possessing the fruit of our pain | C |
| Poor lovers forget long ages of anguish | D |
| Whate'er they have suffer'd and done to obtain | C |
| 'Tis a pleasure a pleasure to sigh and to languish | D |
| When we hope when we hope to be happy again | E |
John Dryden
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