Acis And Galatea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCBDBD AEEFFE DDGGD| Air | A |
| Love in her eyes sits playing | B |
| And sheds delicious death | C |
| Love on her lips is straying | B |
| And warbling in her breath | C |
| Love on her breast sits panting | B |
| And swells with soft desire | D |
| Nor grace nor charm is wanting | B |
| To set the heart on fire | D |
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| Air | A |
| O ruddier than the cherry | E |
| O sweeter than the berry | E |
| O Nymph more bright | F |
| Than moonshine night | F |
| Like kidlings blithe and merry | E |
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| Ripe as the melting cluster | D |
| No lily has such lustre | D |
| Yet hard to tame | G |
| As raging flame | G |
| And fierce as storms that bluster | D |
John Gay
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