Double Villanelle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC CBB CBC CBB DBC CBBC A BEC CEB BEB BEE BEB BEEB| I | A |
| O goat foot God of Arcady | B |
| This modern world is grey and old | B |
| And what remains to us of thee | C |
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| No more the shepherd lads in glee | C |
| Throw apples at thy wattled fold | B |
| O goat foot God of Arcady | B |
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| Nor through the laurels can one see | C |
| Thy soft brown limbs thy beard of gold | B |
| And what remains to us of thee | C |
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| And dull and dead our Thames would be | C |
| For here the winds are chill and cold | B |
| O goat loot God of Arcady | B |
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| Then keep the tomb of Helice | D |
| Thine olive woods thy vine clad wold | B |
| And what remains to us of thee | C |
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| Though many an unsung elegy | C |
| Sleeps in the reeds our rivers hold | B |
| O goat foot God of Arcady | B |
| Ah what remains to us of thee | C |
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| II | A |
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| Ah leave the hills of Arcady | B |
| Thy satyrs and their wanton play | E |
| This modern world hath need of thee | C |
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| No nymph or Faun indeed have we | C |
| For Faun and nymph are old and grey | E |
| Ah leave the hills of Arcady | B |
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| This is the land where liberty | B |
| Lit grave browed Milton on his way | E |
| This modern world hath need of thee | B |
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| A land of ancient chivalry | B |
| Where gentle Sidney saw the day | E |
| Ah leave the hills of Arcady | E |
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| This fierce sea lion of the sea | B |
| This England lacks some stronger lay | E |
| This modern world hath need of thee | B |
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| Then blow some trumpet loud and free | B |
| And give thine oaten pipe away | E |
| Ah leave the hills of Arcady | E |
| This modern world hath need of thee | B |
Oscar Wilde
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