Evening Ode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEFGGHHIIJJKKLL MM| To Stella | A |
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| Evening now from purple wings | B |
| Sheds the grateful gifts she brings | B |
| Brilliant drops bedeck the mead | C |
| Cooling breezes shake the reed | C |
| Shake the reed and curl the stream | D |
| Silver'd o'er with Cynthia's beam | D |
| Near the chequer'd lonely grove | E |
| Hears and keeps thy secrets love | F |
| Stella thither let us stray | G |
| Lightly o'er the dewy way | G |
| Phoebus drives his burning car | H |
| Hence my lovely Stella far | H |
| In his stead the queen of night | I |
| Round us pours a lambent light | I |
| Light that seems but just to show | J |
| Breasts that beat and cheeks that glow | J |
| Let us now in whisper'd joy | K |
| Evening's silent hours employ | K |
| Silent best and conscious shades | L |
| Please the hearts that love invades | L |
| Other pleasures give them pain | M |
| Lovers all but love disdain | M |
Samuel Johnson
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