Orpheus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFDGG| Orpheus he went as poets tell | A |
| To fetch Eurydice from hell | A |
| And had her but it was upon | B |
| This short but strict condition | C |
| Backward he should not look while he | D |
| Led her through hell's obscurity | D |
| But ah it happen'd as he made | E |
| His passage through that dreadful shade | E |
| Revolve he did his loving eye | F |
| For gentle fear or jealousy | D |
| And looking back that look did sever | G |
| Him and Eurydice for ever | G |
Robert Herrick
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