1. Though the poem be rough, as if rushed through,
It won't achieve what's intended of a ode.

2. That's only because I've burdened it
With more than it's able to bear of its load.

3. Had the ancients tasked a poem
To properly describe you, and do it with flair,

4. It would cast off its beloved weapon and child,
And direct its rhythm elsewhere, fully beguiled.