The Attribute Of Venus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHHYes Fulvia is like Venus fair | A |
Has all her bloom and shape and air | A |
But still to perfect every grace | B |
She wants the smile upon her face | B |
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The crown majestic Juno wore | C |
And Cynthia's brow the crescent bore | C |
An helmet mark'd Minerva's mien | D |
But smiles distinguish'd Beauty's queen | D |
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Her train was form'd of Smiles and Loves | E |
Her chariot drawn by gentlest doves | E |
And from her zone the nymph may find | F |
'Tis Beauty's province to be kind | F |
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Then smile my Fair and all whose aim | G |
Aspires to paint the Cyprian dame | G |
Or bid her breathe in living stone | H |
Shall take their forms from you alone | H |
William Shenstone
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