To Atthis The Inconstant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDDB CEDB CD CB CDBCC DDDC| Fragments A combined | A |
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| I loved thee Atthis even thee | B |
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| Ah long ago | C |
| As Aphrodite's handmaid bright | D |
| As gold wert thou then in my sight | D |
| A very queen of love to me | B |
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| Then didst thou show | C |
| Fair gifts I sent thee 'broidery | E |
| Of golden thread whose shimmering light | D |
| Flashed mid the purple on thy knee | B |
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| A gleam and glow | C |
| Then I knew not thine heart aright | D |
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| But now I know | C |
| Thou incarnate false inconstancy | B |
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| To whom I grow | C |
| A thing to hate thou takest flight | D |
| On wings of love to who is she | B |
| A rustic wench whose garments flow | C |
| About her heels ungracefully | C |
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| O yea let thy false love requite | D |
| Andromeda's worship Take delight | D |
| In her thou who from my love's height | D |
| Hast sunk so low | C |
Sappho
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