Her Muffe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCC ADDEEF AGGHHH BIIJJJ BGGBBB| I | A |
| Twas not for some calm blessing to deceive | B |
| Thou didst thy polish'd hands in shagg'd furs weave | B |
| It were no blessing thus obtain'd | C |
| Thou rather would'st a curse have gain'd | C |
| Then let thy warm driven snow be ever stain'd | C |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Not that you feared the discolo'ring cold | D |
| Might alchymize their silver into gold | D |
| Nor could your ten white nuns so sin | E |
| That you should thus pennance them in | E |
| Each in her coarse hair smock of discipline | F |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Nor Hero like who on their crest still wore | G |
| A lyon panther leopard or a bore | G |
| To looke their enemies in their herse | H |
| Thou would'st thy hand should deeper pierce | H |
| And in its softness rough appear more fierce | H |
| - | |
| IV | B |
| No no LUCASTA destiny decreed | I |
| That beasts to thee a sacrifice should bleed | I |
| And strip themselves to make you gay | J |
| For ne'r yet herald did display | J |
| A coat where SABLES upon ERMIN lay | J |
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| V | B |
| This for lay lovers that must stand at dore | G |
| Salute the threshold and admire no more | G |
| But I in my invention tough | B |
| Rate not this outward bliss enough | B |
| But still contemplate must the hidden muffe | B |
Richard Lovelace
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