Theocritus A Villanelle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC CDA DDC CDA CDC CDACO 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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