The Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDC EFEFGHF IJKJLFJAway away | A |
Tempt me no more insidious Love | B |
Thy soothing sway | A |
Long did my youthful bosom prove | C |
At length thy treason is discern'd | D |
At length some dear bought caution earn'd | D |
Away nor hope my riper age to move | C |
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I know I see | E |
Her merit Needs it now be shown | F |
Alas to me | E |
How often to myself unknown | F |
The graceful gentle virtuous maid | G |
Have I admired How often said | H |
What joy to call a heart like hers one's own | F |
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But flattering god | I |
O squanderer of content and ease | J |
In thy abode | K |
Will care's rude lesson learn to please | J |
O say deceiver hast thou won | L |
Proud Fortune to attend thy throne | F |
Or placed thy friends above her stern decrees | J |
Mark Akenside
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