The Shortness Of Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB CCC DDE FFF GGG HHH| And what's a life A weary pilgrimage | A |
| Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage | B |
| With childhood manhood and decrepit age | B |
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| And what's a life The flourishing array | C |
| Of the proud summer meadow which to day | C |
| Wears her green plush and is to morrow hay | C |
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| Read on this dial how the shades devour | D |
| My short lived winter's day hour eats up the hour | D |
| Alas the total's but from eight to four | E |
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| Behold these lilies which Thy hands have made | F |
| Fair copies of my life and open laid | F |
| To view how soon they droop how soon they fade | F |
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| Shade not that dial night will blind too soon | G |
| My nonaged day already points to noon | G |
| How simple is my suit how small my boon | G |
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| Nor do I beg this slender inch to wile | H |
| The time away or falsely to beguile | H |
| My thoughts with joy here's nothing worth a smile | H |
Francis Quarles
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