Sappho's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDEFFGGHHIIJJ| O cruel Love on thee I lay | A |
| My curse which shall strike blind the day | A |
| Never may sleep with velvet hand | B |
| Charm thine eyes with sacred wand | C |
| Thy jailors shall be hopes and fears | D |
| Thy prison mates groans sighs and tears | E |
| Thy play to wear out weary times | F |
| Fantastic passions vows and rimes | F |
| Thy bread be frowns thy drink be gall | G |
| Such as when you Phao call | G |
| The bed thou liest on be despair | H |
| Thy sleep fond dreams thy dreams long care | H |
| Hope like thy fool at thy bed's head | I |
| Mock thee till madness strike thee dead | I |
| As Phao thou dost me with thy proud eyes | J |
| In thee poor Sappho lives for thee she dies | J |
John Lyly
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