Stella's Birth-day March 13, 1718-19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII| Stella this day is thirty four | A |
| We shan't dispute a year or more | A |
| However Stella be not troubled | B |
| Although thy size and years are doubled | B |
| Since first I saw thee at sixteen | C |
| The brightest virgin on the green | C |
| So little is thy form declined | D |
| Made up so largely in thy mind | D |
| O would it please the gods to split | E |
| Thy beauty size and years and wit | E |
| No age could furnish out a pair | F |
| Of nymphs so graceful wise and fair | F |
| With half the lustre of your eyes | G |
| With half your wit your years and size | G |
| And then before it grew too late | H |
| How should I beg of gentle fate | H |
| That either nymph might have her swain | I |
| To split my worship too in twain | I |
Jonathan Swift
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