The Disciple Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EAFG H GIJ KG| When Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of | A |
| sweet waters into a cup of salt tears and the Oreads came weeping | B |
| through the woodland that they might sing to the pool and give it | C |
| comfort | D |
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| And when they saw that the pool had changed from a cup of sweet | E |
| waters into a cup of salt tears they loosened the green tresses of | A |
| their hair and cried to the pool and said 'We do not wonder that | F |
| you should mourn in this manner for Narcissus so beautiful was | G |
| he ' | - |
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| 'But was Narcissus beautiful ' said the pool | H |
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| 'Who should know that better than you ' answered the Oreads 'Us | G |
| did he ever pass by but you he sought for and would lie on your | I |
| banks and look down at you and in the mirror of your waters he | J |
| would mirror his own beauty ' | - |
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| And the pool answered 'But I loved Narcissus because as he lay on | K |
| my banks and looked down at me in the mirror of his eyes I saw | G |
| ever my own beauty mirrored ' | - |
Oscar Wilde
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