O Aaarantha; Tat Sse Wwuld Ddshevell Hhr Hhire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AA BBBB BBBB CBBDD CCCBB CEECC CCCFF| TO AMARANTHA THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE | A |
| - | |
| 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 | - |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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