On The Life And Death Of Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFGHIDDJJ| The world's a theatre The earth a stage | A |
| Placed in the midst where both prince and page | A |
| Both rich and poor fool wise man base and high | B |
| All act their parts in life's short tragedy | C |
| Our life's a tragedy Those secret rooms | D |
| Wherein we 'tire us are our mothers' wombs | D |
| The music ushering in the play is mirth | E |
| To see a man child brought upon the earth | E |
| That fainting gasp of breath which first we vent | F |
| Is a dumb show presents the argument | G |
| Our new born cries that new born griefs bewray | H |
| Are the sad prologue of the ensuing play | I |
| False hopes true fears vain joys and fierce distracts | D |
| Are like the music that divides the Acts | D |
| Time holds the glass and when the hour's outrun | J |
| Death strikes the epilogue and the play is done | J |
Francis Quarles
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