Slender's Ghost Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD ACEE FCGG HCAA ICFF JCKK LCMM| Vide Shakspeare | A |
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| Beneath a churchyard yew | B |
| Decay'd and worn with age | C |
| At dusk of eve methought I spied | D |
| Poor Slender's Ghost that whimpering cried | D |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
| - | |
| Ye gentle Bards give ear | A |
| Who talk of amorous rage | C |
| Who spoil the lily rob the rose | E |
| Come learn of me to weep your woes | E |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
| - | |
| Why should such labour'd strains | F |
| Your formal Muse engage | C |
| I never dreamt of flame or dart | G |
| That fired my breast or pierced my heart | G |
| But sigh'd 'O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
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| And you whose lovesick minds | H |
| No med'cine can assuage | C |
| Accuse the leech's art no more | A |
| But learn of Slender to deplore | A |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
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| And ye whose souls are held | I |
| Like linnets in a cage | C |
| Who talk of fetters links and chains | F |
| Attend and imitate my strains | F |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
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| And you who boast or grieve | J |
| What horrid wars ye wage | C |
| Of wounds received from many an eye | K |
| Yet mean as I do when I sigh | K |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
| - | |
| Hence every fond conceit | L |
| Of shepherd or of sage | C |
| 'Tis Slender's voice 'tis Slender's way | M |
| Expresses all you have to say | M |
| 'O sweet O sweet Anne Page ' | - |
William Shenstone
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