Ode To A Loved One Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| LEST as the immortal gods is he | A |
| The youth who fondly sits by thee | A |
| And hears and sees thee all the while | B |
| Softly speaks and sweetly smile | B |
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| 'Twas this deprived my soul of rest | C |
| And raised such tumults in my breast | C |
| For while I gazed in transport tossed | D |
| My breath was gone my voice was lost | D |
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| My bosom glowed the subtle flame | E |
| Ran quick through all my vital frame | E |
| O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung | F |
| My ears with hollow murmurs rung | F |
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| In dewy damps my limbs were chilled | G |
| My blood with gentle horrors thrilled | G |
| My feeble pulse forgot to play | H |
| I fainted sunk and died away | H |
Sappho
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