On My Birthday, July 21 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDAEAACCFGHIJJ AE| I my dear was born to day | A |
| So all my jolly comrades say | A |
| They bring me music wreaths and mirth | B |
| And ask to celebrate my birth | B |
| Little alas my comrades know | C |
| That I was born to pain and woe | C |
| To thy denial to thy scorn | D |
| Better I had ne'er been born | D |
| I wish to die even whilst I say | A |
| 'I my dear was born to day ' | E |
| I my dear was born to day | A |
| Shall I salute the rising ray | A |
| Well spring of all my joy and woe | C |
| Clotilda thou alone dost know | C |
| Shall the wreath surround my hair | F |
| Or shall the music please my ear | G |
| Shall I my comrades' mirth receive | H |
| And bless my birth and wish to live | I |
| Then let me see great Venus chase | J |
| Imperious anger from thy face | J |
| Then let me hear thee smiling say | A |
| 'Thou my dear wert born to day ' | E |
Matthew Prior
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