Summer Heat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH ABAB| Nay why discuss this summer heat | A |
| Of which vain people tell | B |
| Oh sinner rather were it meet | A |
| To fix thy thoughts on hell | B |
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| The punishment ordained for you | C |
| In that infernal spot | D |
| Is het by Satan's impish crew | C |
| And kept forever hot | D |
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| Sumatra might be reckoned nice | E |
| And Tophet passing cool | F |
| And Sodom were a cake of ice | E |
| Beside that sulphur pool | F |
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| An awful stench and dismal wail | G |
| Come from the broiling souls | H |
| Whilst Satan with his fireproof tail | G |
| Stirs up the brimstone coals | H |
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| Oh sinner on this end 'tis meet | A |
| That thou shouldst ponder well | B |
| For what oh what is worldly heat | A |
| Unto the heat of hell | B |
Eugene Field
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