Spirit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEFGGHHIJKBLL MMGGDDJJNGOOPPQQRDDD DDSSTUSSVVWXYZSSUXA2 A2SSSSSSZYSSB2B2| Be still thou unregenerate part | A |
| Disturb no more my settled heart | A |
| For I have vow'd and so will do | B |
| Thee as a foe still to pursue | B |
| And combat with thee will and must | C |
| Until I see thee laid in th' dust | C |
| Sister we are yea twins we be | D |
| Yet deadly feud 'twixt thee and me | D |
| For from one father are we not | E |
| Thou by old Adam wast begot | F |
| But my arise is from above | G |
| Whence my dear father I do love | G |
| Thou speak'st me fair but hat'st me sore | H |
| Thy flatt'ring shews I'll trust no more | H |
| How oft thy slave hast thou me made | I |
| When I believ'd what thou hast said | J |
| And never had more cause of woe | K |
| Than when I did what thou bad'st do | B |
| I'll stop mine ears at these thy charms | L |
| And count them for my deadly harms | L |
| Thy sinful pleasures I do hate | M |
| Thy riches are to me no bait | M |
| Thine honours do nor will I love | G |
| For my ambition lies above | G |
| My greatest honour it shall be | D |
| When I am victor over thee | D |
| And Triumph shall with laurel head | J |
| When thou my Captive shalt be led | J |
| How I do live thou need'st not scoff | N |
| For I have meat thou know'st not of | G |
| The hidden Manna I do eat | O |
| The word of life it is my meat | O |
| My thoughts do yield me more content | P |
| Than can thy hours in pleasure spent | P |
| Nor are they shadows which I catch | Q |
| Nor fancies vain at which I snatch | Q |
| But reach at things that are so high | R |
| Beyond thy dull Capacity | D |
| Eternal substance I do see | D |
| With which inriched I would be | D |
| Mine eye doth pierce the heav'ns and see | D |
| What is Invisible to thee | D |
| My garments are not silk nor gold | S |
| Nor such like trash which Earth doth hold | S |
| But Royal Robes I shall have on | T |
| More glorious than the glist'ring Sun | U |
| My Crown not Diamonds Pearls and gold | S |
| But such as Angels' heads infold | S |
| The City where I hope to dwell | V |
| There's none on Earth can parallel | V |
| The stately Walls both high and trong | W |
| Are made of precious Jasper stone | X |
| The Gates of Pearl both rich and clear | Y |
| And Angels are for Porters there | Z |
| The Streets thereof transparent gold | S |
| Such as no Eye did e're behold | S |
| A Crystal River there doth run | U |
| Which doth proceed from the Lamb's Throne | X |
| Of Life there are the waters sure | A2 |
| Which shall remain forever pure | A2 |
| Nor Sun nor Moon they have no need | S |
| For glory doth from God proceed | S |
| No Candle there nor yet Torch light | S |
| For there shall be no darksome night | S |
| From sickness and infirmity | S |
| Forevermore they shall be free | S |
| Nor withering age shall e're come there | Z |
| But beauty shall be bright and clear | Y |
| This City pure is not for thee | S |
| For things unclean there shall not be | S |
| If I of Heav'n may have my fill | B2 |
| Take thou the world and all that will | B2 |
Anne Bradstreet
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