Cleopatra. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGHGHFIFI FJFJFKFKFLFL| The asp her baby on her breast | A |
| She falls asleep | B |
| Ever like Antony to rest | A |
| While Nile shall keep | B |
| Its course and Egypt be a name | C |
| Whose utterance stirs | D |
| The shadow on the Roman's fame | C |
| His love and hers | D |
| Out of the mire and mirth of Time | E |
| By thought removed | F |
| The life that might have shone sublime | E |
| Nor unbeloved | F |
| A doting mallard when her sail | G |
| From Actium flew | H |
| He knew her love was passion pale | G |
| The sword that slew | H |
| Ah even though her love was lust | F |
| The swarthy Queen | I |
| When her babe gave the mortal thrust | F |
| A woman's mien | I |
| Wore as her Circean eyes their last | F |
| Looked on the slave | J |
| And with her fatal witchery passed | F |
| Into the grave | J |
| She yet shall stand in Beauty's list | F |
| A thing superb | K |
| The Roman's light in Egypt's mist | F |
| A lover's verb | K |
| That through his moods and tenses toned | F |
| A royal way | L |
| And took Death rather than be loaned | F |
| To Caesar's sway | L |
Robert Crawford
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