Ellinda's Glove. Sonnet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEC AFGHII AJKJKKI | A |
Thou snowy farme with thy five tenements | B |
Tell thy white mistris here was one | C |
That call'd to pay his dayly rents | D |
But she a gathering flowr's and hearts is gone | E |
And thou left voyd to rude possession | C |
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II | A |
But grieve not pretty Ermin cabinet | F |
Thy alabaster lady will come home | G |
If not what tenant can there fit | H |
The slender turnings of thy narrow roome | I |
But must ejected be by his owne dombe | I |
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III | A |
Then give me leave to leave my rent with thee | J |
Five kisses one unto a place | K |
For though the lute's too high for me | J |
Yet servants knowing minikin nor base | K |
Are still allow'd to fiddle with the case | K |
Richard Lovelace
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