Amoret Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL| If rightly tuneful bards decide | A |
| If it be fix'd in Love's decrees | B |
| That Beauty ought not to be tried | A |
| But by its native power to please | B |
| Then tell me youths and lovers tell | C |
| What fair can Amoret excel | C |
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| Behold that bright unsullied smile | D |
| And wisdom speaking in her mien | E |
| Yet she so artless all the while | D |
| So little studious to be seen | E |
| We naught but instant gladness know | F |
| Nor think to whom the gift we owe | F |
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| But neither music nor the powers | G |
| Of youth and mirth and frolic cheer | H |
| Add half the sunshine to the hours | G |
| Or make life's prospect half so clear | H |
| As memory brings it to the eye | I |
| From scenes where Amoret was by | I |
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| This sure is Beauty's happiest part | J |
| This gives the most unbounded sway | K |
| This shall enchant the subject heart | J |
| When rose and lily fade away | K |
| And she be still in spite of Time | L |
| Sweet Amoret in all her prime | L |
Mark Akenside
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