Earthquake In London Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAABABCADADDBDB| For sothe this was a Lord to drede | A |
| So sodeynly mad mon agast | A |
| Of gold and selver thei tok non hede | A |
| But out of ther houses ful sone thei past | A |
| Chaumbres chymeneys al to brast | A |
| Chirches and castelles foule gon fare | B |
| Pinacles steples to grounde hit cast | A |
| And al was for warnyng to be ware | B |
| C | |
| The rysyng of the comuynes in londe | A |
| The pestilens and the eorthe qwake | D |
| Theose threo thinges I understonde | A |
| Beoth tokenes the grete vengaunce and wrake | D |
| That schulde falle for synnes sake | D |
| As this clerkes conne declare | B |
| Now may we chese to leve or take | D |
| For warnyng have we to be ware | B |
Anonymous Olde English
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