Leander's Obsequies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEFGGGG| When as Leander young was drown'd | A |
| No heart by Love receiv'd a wound | A |
| But on a rock himself sat by | B |
| There weeping sup'rabundantly | C |
| Sighs numberless he cast about | D |
| And all his tapers thus put out | D |
| His head upon his hand he laid | E |
| And sobbing deeply thus he said | F |
| Ah cruel sea and looking on't | G |
| Wept as he'd drown the Hellespont | G |
| And sure his tongue had more express'd | G |
| But that his tears forbade the rest | G |
Robert Herrick
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