Phillis The Fair. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA A CADAEEEA FGFAHHHA| Tune Robin Adair | A |
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| I | - |
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| While larks with little wing | B |
| Fann'd the pure air | A |
| Tasting the breathing spring | B |
| Forth I did fare | A |
| Gay the sun's golden eye | - |
| Peep'd o'er the mountains high | - |
| Such thy morn did I cry | - |
| Phillis the fair | A |
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| II | - |
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| In each bird's careless song | C |
| Glad I did share | A |
| While yon wild flowers among | D |
| Chance led me there | A |
| Sweet to the opening day | E |
| Rosebuds bent the dewy spray | E |
| Such thy bloom did I say | E |
| Phillis the fair | A |
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| III | - |
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| Down in a shady walk | F |
| Doves cooing were | G |
| I mark'd the cruel hawk | F |
| Caught in a snare | A |
| So kind may fortune be | H |
| Such make his destiny | H |
| He who would injure thee | H |
| Phillis the fair | A |
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