Comus (excerpts) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB C B D D C E F G H E I J K A E L H L E M M H N N N N O O C C N N P P Q R N N N N S S H G H N T T N B B N P P S S U V

SONGA
Sweet Echo sweetest nymph that liv'st unseenB
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Within thy airy shellC
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By slow Meander's margent greenB
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And in the violet imbroider'd valeD
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Where the love lorn nightingaleD
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Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth wellC
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Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pairE
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That likest thy Narcissus areF
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O if thou haveG
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Hid them in some flow'ry caveH
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Tell me but whereE
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Sweet Queen of Parley Daughter of the SphereI
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So mayst thou be translated to the skiesJ
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And give resounding grace to all heav'ns harmoniesK
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SONGA
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Sabrina fairE
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Listen where thou art sittingL
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Under the glassy cool translucent waveH
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In twisted braids of lilies knittingL
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The loose train of thy amber dropping hairE
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Listen for dear honour's sakeM
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Goddess of the silver lakeM
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Listen and saveH
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Listen and appear to usN
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In name of great OceanusN
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By the earth shaking Neptune's maceN
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And Tethys' grave majestic paceN
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By hoary Nereus' wrinkled lookO
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And the Carpathian wizard's hookO
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By scaly Triton's winding shellC
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And old soothsaying Glaucus' spellC
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By Leucothea's lovely handsN
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And her son that rules the strandsN
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By Thetis' tinsel slipper'd feetP
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And the songs of Sirens sweetP
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By dead Parthenope's dear tombQ
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And fair Ligea's golden combR
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Wherewith she sits on diamond rocksN
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Sleeking her soft alluring locksN
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By all the nymphs that nightly danceN
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Upon thy streams with wily glanceN
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Rise rise and heave thy rosy headS
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From thy coral pav'n bedS
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And bridle in thy headlong waveH
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Till thou our summons answer'd haveG
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Listen and saveH
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SABRINA RISES ATTENDED BY WATER NYMPHS AND SINGSN
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By the rushy fringed bankT
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Where grows the willow and the osier dankT
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My sliding chariot staysN
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Thick set with agate and the azurn sheenB
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Of turkis blue and em'rald greenB
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That in the channel straysN
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Whilst from off the waters fleetP
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Thus I set my printless feetP
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O'er the cowslip's velvet headS
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That bends not as I treadS
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Gentle swain at thy requestU
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I am hereV

John Milton



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