Ballade Of The Oldest Duel In The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCDCD ACACCDCD DCDCCDCD E CDCD| A battered swordsman slashed and scarred | A |
| I scarce had thought to fight again | B |
| But love of the old game dies hard | A |
| So to't my lady if you're fain | C |
| I'm scarce the mettle to refrain | C |
| I'll ask no quarter from your art | D |
| But what if we should both be slain | C |
| I fight you darling for your heart | D |
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| I warn you though be on your guard | A |
| Nor an old swordsman's craft disdain | C |
| He jests at scars what saith the Bard | A |
| Love's wounds are real and fierce the pain | C |
| If we should die of love we twain | C |
| You laugh en garde then so we start | D |
| Cyrano like here's my refrain | C |
| I fight you darling for your heart | D |
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| If compliments I interlard | D |
| Twixt feint and lunge you'll not complain | C |
| Lacking your eyes the night's un starred | D |
| The rose is beautiful in vain | C |
| In vain smells sweet Rose in the Brain | C |
| Dizzying the world a touch sweet smart | D |
| Only the envoi doth remain | C |
| I fight you darling for your heart | D |
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| ENVOI | E |
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| Princess I'm yours the rose red rain | C |
| Pours from my side but see I dart | D |
| Within your guard poor pretty stain | C |
| I fight you darling for your heart | D |
Richard Le Gallienne
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