From Eclogue Ij Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCAADEFFGGGGCCHHII| Then this great Vniuerse no lesse | A |
| Can serue her prayses to expresse | A |
| Betwixt her eies the poles of Loue | B |
| The host of heauenly beautyes moue | C |
| Depainted in their proper stories | A |
| As well the fixd as wandring glories | A |
| Which from their proper orbes not goe | D |
| Whether they gyre swift or slowe | E |
| Where from their lips when she doth speake | F |
| The musick of those sphears do breake | F |
| Which their harmonious motion breedeth | G |
| From whose cheerfull breath proceedeth | G |
| That balmy sweetnes that giues birth | G |
| To euery ofspring of the earth | G |
| Her shape and cariage of which frame | C |
| In forme how well shee beares the same | C |
| Is that proportion heauens best treasure | H |
| Whereby it doth all poyze and measure | H |
| So that alone her happy sight | I |
| Conteynes perfection and delight | I |
Michael Drayton
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