Beau's Reply Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK LMNM OPOP| Sir when I flew to seize the bird | A |
| In spite of your command | B |
| A louder voice than yours I heard | A |
| And harder to withstand | B |
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| You cried Forbear but in my breast | C |
| A mightier cried Proceed | D |
| 'Twas nature Sir whose strong behest | C |
| Impell'd me to the deed | D |
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| Yet much as nature I respect | E |
| I ventured once to break | F |
| As you perhaps may recollect | E |
| Her precept for your sake | F |
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| And when your linnet on a day | G |
| Passing his prison door | H |
| Had flutter'd all his strength away | G |
| And panting press'd the floor | H |
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| Well knowing him a sacred thing | I |
| Not destined to my tooth | J |
| I only kiss'd his ruffled wing | I |
| And lick'd the feathers smooth | K |
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| Let my obedience then excuse | L |
| My disobedience now | M |
| Nor some reproof yourself refuse | N |
| From your aggrieved bow wow | M |
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| If killing birds be such a crime | O |
| Which I can hardly see | P |
| What think you Sir of killing time | O |
| With verse address'd to me | P |
William Cowper
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