Prelude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOP QQ| How could I love you more | A |
| I would give up | B |
| Even that beauty I have loved too well | C |
| That I might love you better | D |
| Alas how poor the gifts that lovers give | E |
| I can but give you of my flesh and strength | F |
| I can but give you these few passing days | G |
| And passionate words that since our speech began | H |
| All lovers whisper in all ladies' ears | I |
| - | |
| I try to think of some one lovely gift | J |
| No lover yet in all the world has found | K |
| I think If the cold sombre gods | L |
| Were hot with love as I am | M |
| Could they not endow you with a star | N |
| And fix bright youth for ever in your limbs | O |
| Could they not give you all things that I lack | P |
| - | |
| You should have loved a god I am but dust | Q |
| Yet no god loves as loves this poor frail dust | Q |
Richard Aldington
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