Anacreontics, Drinking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BCDEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLLL| A | |
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| THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain | B |
| And drinks and gapes for drink again | C |
| The plants suck in the earth and are | D |
| With constant drinking fresh and fair | E |
| The sea itself which one would think | F |
| Should have but little need of drink | F |
| Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up | G |
| So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup | G |
| The busy Sun and one would guess | H |
| By 's drunken fiery face no less | H |
| Drinks up the sea and when he 's done | I |
| The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun | I |
| They drink and dance by their own light | J |
| They drink and revel all the night | J |
| Nothing in Nature 's sober found | K |
| But an eternal health goes round | K |
| Fill up the bowl then fill it high | L |
| Fill all the glasses there for why | L |
| Should every creature drink but I | L |
| Why man of morals tell me why | L |
Abraham Cowley
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