O Aaarantha; Tat Sse Wwuld Ddshevell Hhr Hhire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AA BBBB BBBB CBBDD CCCBB CEECC CCCFFTO AMARANTHA THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE | A |
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I | - |
Amarantha sweet and faire | A |
Ah brade no more that shining haire | A |
As my curious hand or eye | - |
Hovering round thee let it flye | - |
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II | - |
Let it flye as unconfin'd | B |
As it's calme ravisher the winde | B |
Who hath left his darling th' East | B |
To wanton o're that spicie neast | B |
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III | - |
Ev'ry tresse must be confest | B |
But neatly tangled at the best | B |
Like a clue of golden thread | B |
Most excellently ravelled | B |
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IV | C |
Doe not then winde up that light | B |
In ribands and o'er cloud in night | B |
Like the sun in's early ray | D |
But shake your head and scatter day | D |
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V | C |
See 'tis broke within this grove | C |
The bower and the walkes of love | C |
Weary lye we downe and rest | B |
And fanne each other's panting breast | B |
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VI | C |
Heere wee'll strippe and coole our fire | E |
In creame below in milk baths higher | E |
And when all wells are drawne dry | C |
I'll drink a teare out of thine eye | C |
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VII | C |
Which our very joys shall leave | C |
That sorrowes thus we can deceive | C |
Or our very sorrowes weepe | F |
That joyes so ripe so little keepe | F |
Richard Lovelace
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