Balade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDD BBCCDD BBCCDD| from the French of Wenceslas Duke of Brabant and Luxembourg who died in | A |
| I cannot tell of twain beneath this bond | B |
| Which one in grief the other goes beyond | B |
| Narcissus who to end the pain he bore | C |
| Died of the love that could not help him more | C |
| Or I that pine because I cannot see | D |
| The lady who is queen and love to me | D |
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| Nay for Narcissus in the forest pond | B |
| Seeing his image made entreaty fond | B |
| 'Beloved comfort on my longing pour' | C |
| So for a while he soothed his passion sore | C |
| So cannot I for all too far is she | D |
| The lady who is queen and love to me | D |
| - | |
| But since that I have Love's true colours donned | B |
| I in his service will not now despond | B |
| For in extremes Love yet can all restore | C |
| So till her beauty walks the world no more | C |
| All day remembered in my hope shall be | D |
| The lady who is queen and love to me | D |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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