Nonpareil Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI JKLK LMLM NONO| Let others from the Town retire | A |
| And in the fields seek new delight | B |
| My Phillis does such joys inspire | A |
| No other objects please my sight | B |
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| In her alone I find whate'er | C |
| Beauties a country landscape grace | D |
| No shade so lovely as her hair | E |
| Nor plain so sweet as is her face | D |
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| Lilies and roses there combine | F |
| More beauteous than in flowery field | G |
| Transparent is her skin so fine | F |
| To this each crystal stream must yield | G |
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| Her voice more sweet than warbling sound | H |
| Though sung by nightingale or lark | I |
| Her eyes such lustre dart around | H |
| Compared to them the sun is dark | I |
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| Both light and vital heat they give | J |
| Cherish'd by them my love takes root | K |
| From her kind looks does life receive | L |
| Grows a fair plant bears flowers and fruit | K |
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| Such fruit I ween did once deceive | L |
| The common parent of mankind | M |
| And made transgress our mother Eve | L |
| Poison its core though fair its rind | M |
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| Yet so delicious is its taste | N |
| I cannot from the bait abstain | O |
| But to th' enchanting pleasure haste | N |
| Though I were sure 'twould end in pain | O |
Matthew Prior
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