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 VSONG | A |
Sweet Echo sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen | B |
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Within thy airy shell | C |
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By slow Meander's margent green | B |
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And in the violet imbroider'd vale | D |
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Where the love lorn nightingale | D |
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Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well | C |
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Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair | E |
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That likest thy Narcissus are | F |
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O if thou have | G |
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Hid them in some flow'ry cave | H |
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Tell me but where | E |
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Sweet Queen of Parley Daughter of the Sphere | I |
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So mayst thou be translated to the skies | J |
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And give resounding grace to all heav'ns harmonies | K |
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SONG | A |
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Sabrina fair | E |
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Listen where thou art sitting | L |
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Under the glassy cool translucent wave | H |
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In twisted braids of lilies knitting | L |
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The loose train of thy amber dropping hair | E |
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Listen for dear honour's sake | M |
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Goddess of the silver lake | M |
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Listen and save | H |
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Listen and appear to us | N |
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In name of great Oceanus | N |
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By the earth shaking Neptune's mace | N |
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And Tethys' grave majestic pace | N |
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By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look | O |
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And the Carpathian wizard's hook | O |
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By scaly Triton's winding shell | C |
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And old soothsaying Glaucus' spell | C |
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By Leucothea's lovely hands | N |
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And her son that rules the strands | N |
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By Thetis' tinsel slipper'd feet | P |
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And the songs of Sirens sweet | P |
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By dead Parthenope's dear tomb | Q |
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And fair Ligea's golden comb | R |
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Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks | N |
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Sleeking her soft alluring locks | N |
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By all the nymphs that nightly dance | N |
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Upon thy streams with wily glance | N |
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Rise rise and heave thy rosy head | S |
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From thy coral pav'n bed | S |
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And bridle in thy headlong wave | H |
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Till thou our summons answer'd have | G |
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Listen and save | H |
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SABRINA RISES ATTENDED BY WATER NYMPHS AND SINGS | N |
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By the rushy fringed bank | T |
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Where grows the willow and the osier dank | T |
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My sliding chariot stays | N |
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Thick set with agate and the azurn sheen | B |
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Of turkis blue and em'rald green | B |
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That in the channel strays | N |
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Whilst from off the waters fleet | P |
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Thus I set my printless feet | P |
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O'er the cowslip's velvet head | S |
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That bends not as I tread | S |
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Gentle swain at thy request | U |
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I am here | V |
John Milton
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