Ballade Of My Lady's Beauty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC ABABBCBC ABABBCBC A BCBC| Squire Adam had two wives they say | A |
| Two wives had he for his delight | B |
| He kissed and clypt them all the day | A |
| And clypt and kissed them all the night | B |
| Now Eve like ocean foam was white | B |
| And Lilith roses dipped in wine | C |
| But though they were a goodly sight | B |
| No lady is so fair as mine | C |
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| To Venus some folk tribute pay | A |
| And Queen of Beauty she is hight | B |
| And Sainte Marie the world doth sway | A |
| In cerule napery bedight | B |
| My wonderment these twain invite | B |
| Their comeliness it is divine | C |
| And yet I say in their despite | B |
| No lady is so fair as mine | C |
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| Dame Helen caused a grievous fray | A |
| For love of her brave men did fight | B |
| The eyes of her made sages fey | A |
| And put their hearts in woeful plight | B |
| To her no rhymes will I indite | B |
| For her no garlands will I twine | C |
| Though she be made of flowers and light | B |
| No lady is so fair as mine | C |
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| L'Envoi | A |
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| Prince Eros Lord of lovely might | B |
| Who on Olympus dost recline | C |
| Do I not tell the truth aright | B |
| No lady is so fair as mine | C |
Joyce Kilmer
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