Poem+Form

====Mary Montegu writes //The Lover: A Ballad// in rhyming iambic couplets of tetrameter. There are eight lines to a stanza and six stanzas. The simple rhyme scheme of aa, bb,cc, dd makes the poem easy to read. Each line is about 11 syllables so that you must take a pause to breathe at the beginning of each line. More than half of the lines in this poem are enjambed. These enjambed lines along with the length of each line make the meaning of the lines seem heavier. The rhyme scheme makes each pair of rhyming lines seem like a complete thought. There are also many occurrences of cesura throughout the poem. ====

Example
===Rhyme Scheme, Enjambment , Cesura ===

A) At length, ** << ** by so much importunity press'd, ﻿ ** << ** A)  Take, Molly,  ** << ** at once, the inside of my breast;  ** << ** B)  This stupid indiff'rence so often you blame, ** << ** B) Is not owing to nature, to fear,  ** << **<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> or to shame:  ** << ** C) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> I am not as cold as a virgin in lead, ** << ** D) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Nor is Sunday's sermon so strong in my head:  ** << ** E) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">I know but too well how time flies along, ** << ** E) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> That we live but few years,  ** << **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> and yet fewer are young.