Theocritus A Villanelle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC CDA DDC CDA CDC CDAC| O singer of Persephone | A |
| In the dim meadows desolate | B |
| Dost thou remember Sicily | C |
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| Still through the ivy flits the bee | C |
| Where Amaryllis lies in state | D |
| O Singer of Persephone | A |
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| Simaetha calls on Hecate | D |
| And hears the wild dogs at the gate | D |
| Dost thou remember Sicily | C |
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| Still by the light and laughing sea | C |
| Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate | D |
| O Singer of Persephone | A |
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| And still in boyish rivalry | C |
| Young Daphnis challenges his mate | D |
| Dost thou remember Sicily | C |
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| Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee | C |
| For thee the jocund shepherds wait | D |
| O Singer of Persephone | A |
| Dost thou remember Sicily | C |
Oscar Fingal O'flahertie Wills Wilde
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