I Shall Not Die For Thee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLKMBNB ABOB| O woman shapely as the swan | A |
| On your account I shall not die | B |
| The men you've slain a trivial clan | C |
| Were less than I | B |
| I ask me shall I die for these | D |
| For blossom teeth and scarlet lips | E |
| And shall that delicate swan shape | F |
| Bring me eclipse | E |
| Well shaped the breasts and smooth the skin | G |
| The cheeks are fair the tresses free | H |
| And yet I shall not suffer death | I |
| God over me | H |
| Those even brows that hair like gold | J |
| Those languorous tones that virgin way | K |
| The flowing limbs the rounded heel | L |
| Slight men betray | K |
| Thy spirit keen through radiant mien | M |
| Thy shining throat and smiling eye | B |
| Thy little palm thy side like foam | N |
| I cannot die | B |
| O woman shapely as the swan | A |
| In a cunning house hard reared was I | B |
| O bosom white O well shaped palm | O |
| I shall not die | B |
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