Meditations Divine And Moral Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOAIPDQ RDSLTAUVBWXYZA2| A ship that bears much sail and little ballast is easily | A |
| overset and that man whose head hath great abilities and his | B |
| heart little or no grace is in danger of foundering | C |
| The finest bread has the least bran the purest honey the | D |
| least wax and the sincerest Christian the least self love | E |
| Sweet words are like honey a little may refresh but too much | F |
| gluts the stomach | G |
| Divers children have their different natures some are like | H |
| flesh which nothing but salt will keep from putrefaction some | I |
| again like tender fruits that are best preserved with sugar Those | J |
| parents are wise that can fit their nurture according to their | K |
| nature | L |
| Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge | M |
| fitter to bruise than polish | N |
| The reason why Christians are so loath to exchange this world | O |
| for a better is because they have more sense than faith they see | A |
| what they enjoy they do but hope for that which is to come | I |
| Dim eyes are the concomitants of old age and short | P |
| sightedness in those that are the eyes of a Republic foretells a | D |
| declining State | Q |
| Wickedness comes to its height by degrees He that dares say | R |
| of a less sin Is it not a little one will erelong say of a | D |
| greater Tush God regards it not | S |
| Fire hath its force abated by water not by wind and anger | L |
| must be allayed by cold words and not by blustering threats | T |
| The gifts that God bestows on the sons of men are not only | A |
| abused but most commonly employed for a clean contrary end than | U |
| that which they were given for as health wealth and honor which | V |
| might be so many steps to draw men to God in consideration of his | B |
| bounty towards them but have driven them the further from him | W |
| that they are ready to say We are lords we will come no more at | X |
| thee If outward blessings be not as wings to help us mount | Y |
| upwards they will certainly prove clogs and weights that will pull | Z |
| us lower downward | A2 |
Anne Bradstreet
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