Love And Wine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGB IJIJ KLLL GJGJ MNMN GOGO| 'Tis wine that cheers the soul of man | A |
| With subtle and seductive flow | B |
| It warms the heart as naught else can | A |
| And banishes regret and woe | B |
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| It keeps alive the flick'ring flame | C |
| Which strives to burn with feeble force | D |
| Within the heart so dull and tame | C |
| But still of life the present source | D |
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| It warms up this fount of life | E |
| And sends life's fluid here and there | F |
| And nerves and brain in gladsome strife | E |
| Forget their dull and dark despair | F |
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| And what is love if 'tis not wine | G |
| Refin'd distill'd from grossness tho' | H |
| More potent than the juice of vine | G |
| And bringing greater joy and woe | B |
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| Does it not too refresh revive | I |
| And oft intoxicate the brain | J |
| And make the being all alive | I |
| With keenest joy or keenest pain | J |
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| And does it not when much indulg'd | K |
| Or held by slack and yielding hand | L |
| Lead on to woes oft undivulg'd | L |
| To crimes unknown throughout the land | L |
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| Oh blessed woman fruitful vine | G |
| Inspiring and enchanting twain | J |
| I pray that neither love nor wine | G |
| May o'er my will resistless reign | J |
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| They tell us that the safest way | M |
| To 'scape from wine or woman's thrall | N |
| Is to go on from day to day | M |
| And never drink or love at all | N |
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| I could give up the cheering wine | G |
| And never taste the siren cup | O |
| But oh thou woman nymph divine | G |
| I can not will not give thee up | O |
Thomas Frederick Young
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