Ad Nepotem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCD EF EEEG GH IIJJ| O NEPOS twice my neigh b our since at home | A |
| We're door by door by Flora's temple dome | A |
| And in the country still conjoined by fate | B |
| Behold our villas standing gate by gate | B |
| Thou hast a daughter dearer far than life | C |
| Thy image and the image of thy wife | C |
| Thy image and thy wife's and be it so | D |
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| But why for her neglect the flowing can | E |
| O Nepos leave the | F |
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| And lose the prime of thy Falernian | E |
| Hoard casks of money if to hoard be thine | E |
| But let thy daughter drink a younger wine | E |
| Let her go rich and wise in silk and fur | G |
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| Lay down a bin that shall grow old with her | G |
| vintage to | H |
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| But thou meantime the while the batch is sound | I |
| With pleased companions pass the bowl around | I |
| Nor let the childless only taste delights | J |
| For Fathers also may enjoy their nights | J |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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