Entreat me not, this I implore,
that I should offer up to war
the sacrifice of my sweet child
upon whom God and life have smiled.
Please hear this plea from my lips pour.
You can't demand forevermore
that mothers' children settle scores
with those your hardened hearts revile.
Entreat me not.
For eons youth have joined that corps
who march into the battle's roar
as bodies on war's altar pile,
till now you ask I add my child.
It's time to say, No nevermore.
Entreat me not.
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Author Notes
The fifteen line rondeau consists of three verses.
Verse one has five eight syllable lines in the rhyming pattern of AABBA.
Verse two has three eight syllable lines followed by one four syllable line, the refrain, that is derived from the first words of the first line of verse one. The rhyme scheme of verse two is AABC.
Verse three has five eight syllable lines followed by the four syllable refrain. Its rhyme scheme is AABBAC.
Verse three has five lines of e
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