The Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDC EFEFGHF IJKJLFJ| Away 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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