Written In A Quarrel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHGH IJIJ KLML NONO| Think Delia with what cruel haste | A |
| Our fleeting pleasures move | B |
| Nor heedless in sorrow waste | A |
| The moments due to love | C |
| - | |
| Be wise my fair and gently treat | D |
| These few that are our friends | E |
| Think thus abused what sad regret | F |
| Their speedy flight attends | E |
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| Sure in those eyes I loved so well | G |
| And wished so long to see | H |
| Anger I thought could never dwell | G |
| Or anger aimed at me | H |
| - | |
| No bold offence of mine I knew | I |
| Should e'er provoke your hate | J |
| And early taught to think you true | I |
| Still hoped a gentler fate | J |
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| With kindness bless the present hour | K |
| Or oh we meet in vain | L |
| What can we do in absence more | M |
| Than suffer and complain | L |
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| Fated to ills beyond redress | N |
| We must endure our woe | O |
| The days allowed us to possess | N |
| 'Tis madness to forego | O |
William Cowper
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