La Bella Bona Roba. To My Lady H. Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACCC ADDD EFFF EGHG| I | A |
| Tell me ye subtill judges in loves treasury | B |
| Inform me which hath most inricht mine eye | A |
| This diamonds greatnes or its clarity | B |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Ye cloudy spark lights whose vast multitude | C |
| Of fires are harder to be found then view'd | C |
| Waite on this star in her first magnitude | C |
| - | |
| III | A |
| Calmely or roughly Ah she shines too much | D |
| That now I lye her influence is such | D |
| Chrusht with too strong a hand or soft a touch | D |
| - | |
| IV | E |
| Lovers beware a certaine double harme | F |
| Waits your proud hopes her looks al killing charm | F |
| Guarded by her as true victorious arme | F |
| - | |
| V | E |
| Thus with her eyes brave Tamyris spake dread | G |
| Which when the kings dull breast not entered | H |
| Finding she could not looke she strook him dead | G |
Richard Lovelace
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