Apology To Delia: For Desiring A Lock Of Her Hair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGHG IJIK BLBL MNON BPBPDelia the unkindest girl on earth | A |
When I besought the fair | B |
That favour of intrinsic worth | A |
A ringlet of her hair | B |
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Refused that instant to comply | C |
With my absurd request | D |
For reasons she could specify | C |
Some twenty score at least | E |
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Trust me my dear however odd | F |
It may appear to say | G |
I sought it merely to defraud | H |
Thy spoiler of his prey | G |
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Yes when its sister locks shall fade | I |
As quickly fade they must | J |
When all their beauties are decayed | I |
Their gloss their colour lost | K |
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Ah then if haply to my share | B |
Some slender pittance fall | L |
If I but gain one single hair | B |
Nor age usurp them all | L |
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When you behold it still as sleek | M |
As lovely to the view | N |
As when it left thy snowy neck | O |
That Eden where it grew | N |
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Then shall my Delia's self declare | B |
That I professed the truth | P |
And have preserved my little share | B |
In everlasting youth | P |
William Cowper
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