The Hourglass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGFFF| Do but consider this small dust | A |
| Here running in the glass | B |
| By atoms moved | C |
| Could you believe that this | D |
| The body was | E |
| Of one that loved | F |
| And in his mistress' flame playing like a fly | G |
| Turned to cinders by her eye | G |
| Yes and in death as life unblessed | F |
| To have't expressed | F |
| Even ashes of lovers find no rest | F |
Ben Jonson
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