The lovers lament

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The lovers suit (Engl. A Lover's Complaint ) is a 1609 resulting poetic story of William Shakespeare , perhaps the least estimated Versdichtung the poet, perhaps his first poem. Shakespeare's authorship is controversial, however.

The poem consists of 47 seven-line stanzas in the rhyme scheme [ababbcc].

The narrator of the poem tells how a young woman sits crying on the bank of a river and throws the remains of a disappointed love into the river. An elderly shepherd asks her why she is sad and crying, and she tells him how her former lover, a charmer, seduced her and finally left. Her false charm bewitched her.

Rhyming sample:

Oh the inflammatory wetness of the eye,
oh the fake fire of his eyes glow.
oh, his mind without any evil hatred.
oh, at the breath of his breath, my courage,
probably missed the secret brood of lies.
Oh, and if the morning were gray too,
every woman hopes for the future.

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