The Scrutiny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD EFEGG GFGFFWhy should you swear I am forsworn | A |
Since thine I vowed to be | B |
Lady it is already morn | A |
And 'twas last night I swore to thee | B |
That fond impossibility | B |
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Have I not loved thee much and long | C |
A tedious twelve hours' space | D |
I must all other beauties wrong | C |
And rob thee of a new embrace | D |
Could I still dote upon thy face | D |
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Not but all joy in thy brown hair | E |
By others may be found mdash | F |
But I must search the black and fair | E |
Like skilful mineralists that sound | G |
For treasure in unploughed up ground | G |
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Then if when I have loved my round | G |
Thou prov'st the pleasant she | F |
With spoils of meaner beauties crowned | G |
I laden will return to thee | F |
Ev'n sated with variety | F |
Richard Lovelace
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