Menaphon: Sephesta's Song To Her Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACACABABADADACAC ABABAEAEAFAFAGAGACAC ABABAHAHAIAIAJAKACAC ABAB| A | |
| Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | B |
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| When thou art old there's grief enough for thee | B |
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| Mother's wag pretty boy | C |
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| Father's sorrow father's joy | C |
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| When thy father first did see | B |
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| Such a boy by him and me | B |
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| He was glad I was woe | D |
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| Fortune changed made him so | D |
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| When he left his pretty boy | C |
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| Last his sorrow first his joy | C |
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| Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | B |
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| When thou art old there's grief enough for thee | B |
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| Streaming tears that never stint | E |
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| Like pearl drops from a flint | E |
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| Fell by course from his eyes | F |
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| That one another's place supplies | F |
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| Thus he griev'd in every part | G |
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| Tears of blood fell from his heart | G |
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| When he left his pretty boy | C |
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| Father's sorrow father's joy | C |
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| Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | B |
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| When thou art old there's grief enough for thee | B |
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| The wanton smil'd father wept | H |
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| Mother cried baby leapt | H |
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| More he crow'd more he cried | I |
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| Nature could not sorrow hide | I |
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| He must go he must kiss | J |
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| Child and mother baby bless | K |
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| For he left his pretty boy | C |
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| Father's sorrow father's joy | C |
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| Weep not my wanton smile upon my knee | B |
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| When thou art old there's grief enough for thee | B |
Robert Greene
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