Canzonet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGCGC HIJKKCKC LKLKMNMNI have no store | A |
Of gryphon guarded gold | B |
Now as before | A |
Bare is the shepherd's fold | B |
Rubies nor pearls | C |
Have I to gem thy throat | D |
Yet woodland girls | C |
Have loved the shepherd's note | D |
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Then pluck a reed | E |
And bid me sing to thee | F |
For I would feed | E |
Thine ears with melody | F |
Who art more fair | G |
Than fairest fleur de lys | C |
More sweet and rare | G |
Than sweetest ambergris | C |
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What dost thou fear | H |
Young Hyacinth is slain | I |
Pan is not here | J |
And will not come again | K |
No horned Faun | K |
Treads down the yellow leas | C |
No God at dawn | K |
Steals through the olive trees | C |
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Hylas is dead | L |
Nor will he e'er divine | K |
Those little red | L |
Rose petalled lips of thine | K |
On the high hill | M |
No ivory dryads play | N |
Silver and still | M |
Sinks the sad autumn day | N |
Oscar Wilde
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