The Given Heart Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGH IIJJ KKLL| I wonder what those lovers mean who say | A |
| They have giv'n their hearts away | A |
| Some good kind lover tell me how | B |
| For mine is but a torment to me now | B |
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| If so it be one place both hearts contain | C |
| For what do they complain | C |
| What courtesy can Love do more | D |
| Than to join hearts that parted were before | D |
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| Woe to her stubborn heart if once mine come | E |
| Into the self same room | F |
| 'Twill tear and blow up all within | G |
| Like a granado shot into a magazine | H |
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| Then shall Love keep the ashes and torn parts | I |
| Of both our broken hearts | I |
| Shall out of both one new one make | J |
| From hers th' allay from mine the metal take | J |
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| For of her heart he from the flames will find | K |
| But little left behind | K |
| Mine only will remain entire | L |
| No dross was there to perish in the fire | L |
Abraham Cowley
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