Cloe Jealous Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEGHIHIJKJL MNMN OPOPQRQRSTUTVWVWXJBJ| Forbear to ask Me why I weep | A |
| Vext Cloe to her Shepherd said | B |
| 'Tis for my Two poor stragling Sheep | A |
| Perhaps or for my Squirrel dead | B |
| For mind I what You late have writ | C |
| Your subtle Questions and Replies | D |
| Emblems to teach a Female Wit | C |
| The Ways where changing Cupid flies | D |
| Your Riddle purpos'd to rehearse | E |
| The general Pow'r that Beauty has | F |
| But why did no peculiar Verse | E |
| Describe one Charm of Cloe's Face | G |
| The Glass which was at Venus' Shrine | H |
| With such Mysterious Sorrow laid | I |
| The Garland and You call it Mine | H |
| Which show'd how Youth and Beauty fade | I |
| Ten thousand Trifles light as These | J |
| Nor can my Rage nor Anger move | K |
| She shou'd be humble who wou'd please | J |
| And She must suffer who can love | L |
| When in My Glass I chanc'd to look | M |
| Of Venus what did I implore | N |
| That ev'ry Grace which thence I took | M |
| Shou'd know to charm my Damon more | N |
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| Reading Thy Verse who heeds said I | O |
| If here or there his Glances flew | P |
| O free for ever be His Eye | O |
| Whose Heart to Me is always true | P |
| My Bloom indeed my little Flow'r | Q |
| Of Beauty quickly lost it's Pride | R |
| For sever'd from it's Native Bow'r | Q |
| It on Thy glowing Bosom dy'd | R |
| Yet car'd I not what might presage | S |
| Or withering Wreath or fleeting Youth | T |
| Love I esteem'd more strong than Age | U |
| And Time less permanent than Truth | T |
| Why then I weep forbear to know | V |
| Fall uncontroll'd my Tears and free | W |
| O Damon 'tis the only Woe | V |
| I ever yet conceal'd from Thee | W |
| The secret Wound with which I bleed | X |
| Shall lie wrapt up ev'n in my Herse | J |
| But on my Tomb stone Thou shalt read | B |
| My Answer to Thy dubious Verse | J |
Matthew Prior
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