The Advice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFE GGHIIH JKLMML NNOGGO PPJQQK RRSTUS VVWLLW| Revolving in their destin'd sphere | A |
| The hours begin another year | A |
| As rapidly to fly | B |
| Ah think Maria e'er in grey | C |
| Those auburn tresses fade away | C |
| So youth and beauty die | B |
| Tho' now the captivating throng | D |
| Adore with flattery and song | D |
| And all before you bow | E |
| Whilst unattentive to the strain | F |
| You hear the humble muse complain | F |
| Or wreathe your frowning brow | E |
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| Tho' poor Pitholeon's feeble line | G |
| In opposition to the nine | G |
| Still violates your name | H |
| Tho' tales of passion meanly told | I |
| As dull as Cumberland as cold | I |
| Strive to confess a flame | H |
| - | |
| Yet when that bloom and dancing fire | J |
| In silver'd rev'rence shall expire | K |
| Aged wrinkled and defaced | L |
| To keep one lover's flame alive | M |
| Requires the genius of a Clive | M |
| With Walpole's mental taste | L |
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| Tho' rapture wantons in your air | N |
| Tho' beyond simile you're fair | N |
| Free affable serene | O |
| Yet still one attribute divine | G |
| Should in your composition shine | G |
| Sincerity I mean | O |
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| Tho' num'rous swains before you fall | P |
| 'Tis empty admiration all | P |
| 'Tis all that you require | J |
| How momentary are their chains | Q |
| Like you how unsincere the strains | Q |
| Of those who but admire | K |
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| Accept for once advice from me | R |
| And let the eye of censure see | R |
| Maria can be true | S |
| No more for fools or empty beaux | T |
| Heav'n's representatives disclose | U |
| Or butterflies pursue | S |
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| Fly to your worthiest lover's arms | V |
| To him resign your swelling charms | V |
| And meet his gen'rous breast | W |
| Or if Pitholeon suits your taste | L |
| His muse with tattr'd fragments graced | L |
| Shall read your cares to rest | W |
Thomas Chatterton
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