Anacreontick Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHIIJJ KKLLCDMMJJ NOPPII QQJJRRSSMMTTJJ CCGUVVJJWWIISSWhen Spring came on with fresh Delight | A |
To cheer the Soul and charm the Sight | A |
While easy Breezes softer Rain | B |
And warmer Suns salute the Plain | B |
'Twas then in yonder Piny Grove | C |
That Nature went to meet with Love | D |
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Green was her Robe and green her Wreath | E |
Where e'er she trod 'twas green beneath | E |
Where e'er she turn'd the Pulses beat | F |
With new recruits of Genial Heat | F |
And in her Train the Birds appear | G |
To match for all the coming Year | G |
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Rais'd on a Bank where Daizys grew | H |
And Vi'lets intermix'd a Blew | H |
She finds the Boy she went to find | I |
A thousand Pleasures wait behind | I |
Aside a thousand Arrows lye | J |
But all unfeather'd wait to fly | J |
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When they met the Dame and Boy | K |
Dancing Graces idle Joy | K |
Wanton Smiles and airy Play | L |
Conspir'd to make the Scene be gay | L |
Love pair'd the Birds through all the Grove | C |
And Nature bid them sing to Love | D |
Sitting hopping flutt'ring sing | M |
And pay their Tribute from the Wing | M |
To fledge the Shafts that idly lye | J |
And yet unfeather'd wait to fly | J |
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'Tis thus when Spring renews the Blood | N |
They meet in ev'ry trembling Wood | O |
And thrice they make the Plumes agree | P |
And ev'ry Dart they mount with three | P |
And ev'ry Dart can boast a Kind | I |
Which suits each proper turn of Mind | I |
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From the tow'ring Eagle's Plume | Q |
The Gen'rous Hearts accept their Doom | Q |
Shot by the Peacock's painted Eye | J |
The vain and airy Lovers dye | J |
For careful Dames and frugal Men | R |
The Shafts are speckled by the Hen | R |
The Pyes and Parrots deck the Darts | S |
When Prattling wins the panting Hearts | S |
When from the Voice the Passions spring | M |
The warbling Finch affords a Wing | M |
Together by the Sparrow stung | T |
Down fall the wanton and the young | T |
And fledg'd by Geese the Weapons fly | J |
When others love they know not why | J |
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All this as late I chanc'd to rove | C |
I learn'd in yonder waving Grove | C |
And see says Love who call'd me near | G |
How much I deal with Nature here | U |
How both support a proper Part | V |
She gives the Feather I the Dart | V |
Then cease for Souls averse to sigh | J |
If Nature cross ye so do I | J |
My Weapon there unfeather'd flies | W |
And shakes and shuffles through the Skies | W |
But if the mutual Charms I find | I |
By which she links you Mind to Mind | I |
They wing my Shafts I poize the Darts | S |
And strike from both through both your Hearts | S |
Thomas Parnell
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