Fragments - Lines 1341 - 1350 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ| Alas I am in love with a soft skinned boy who to all my friends | A |
| Reveals that this is true though he does so against my will | B |
| I shall endure without concealment the many outrages done in my despite | C |
| For not ill favored is the boy whose conquest I am shown to be | D |
| The love of boys has given delight ever since Ganymede | E |
| Was loved by Kronos' son himself king of the immortals | F |
| Who seized and brought him up to Olympos and made him | G |
| Divine possessing as he did the lovely bloom of boyhood | H |
| So do not be amazed Simonides that I as well have been | I |
| Shown to be conquered by love for a handsome boy | J |
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