To Chloe, Courting Her For His Friend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDEFF AGGBBHIJK ALLMNOOOO| I | A |
| Chloe behold againe I bowe | B |
| Againe possest againe I woe | B |
| From my heat hath taken fire | C |
| Damas noble youth and fries | D |
| Gazing with one of mine eyes | D |
| Damas halfe of me expires | E |
| Chloe behold Our fate's the same | F |
| Or make me cinders too or quench his flame | F |
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| II | A |
| I'd not be King unlesse there sate | G |
| Lesse lords that shar'd with me in state | G |
| Who by their cheaper coronets know | B |
| What glories from my diadem flow | B |
| Its use and rate values the gem | H |
| Pearles in their shells have no esteem | I |
| And I being sun within thy sphere | J |
| 'Tis my chiefe beauty thinner lights shine there | K |
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| III | A |
| The Us'rer heaps unto his store | L |
| By seeing others praise it more | L |
| Who not for gaine or want doth covet | M |
| But 'cause another loves doth love it | N |
| Thus gluttons cloy'd afresh invite | O |
| Their gusts from some new appetite | O |
| And after cloth remov'd and meate | O |
| Fall too againe by seeing others eate | O |
Richard Lovelace
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