Think'st Thou To Seduce Me Then Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC CCCThink'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning | A |
Parrots so can learn to prate our speech by pieces gleaning | A |
Nurses teach their children so about the time of weaning | A |
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Learn to speak first then to woo to wooing much pertaineth | B |
He that courts us wanting art soon falters when he feigneth | B |
Looks asquint on his discourse and smiles when he complaineth | B |
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Skillful anglers hide their hooks fit baits for every season | C |
But with crooked pins fish thou as babes do that want reason | C |
Gudgeons only can be caught with such poor tricks of treason | C |
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Ruth forgive me if I erred from humane heart's compassion | C |
When I laughed sometimes too much to see thy foolish fashion | C |
But alas who less could do that found so good occasion | C |
Thomas Campion
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