A Dialogue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCC DE EFFFF GEHEDDDD IBIBJKJ J| Man Sweetest Saviour if my soul | A |
| Were but worth the having | B |
| Quickly should I then control | A |
| Any thought of waving | B |
| But when all my care and pains | C |
| Cannot give the name of gains | C |
| To Thy wretch so full of stains | C |
| What delight or hope remains | C |
| - | |
| Saviour What child is the balance thine | D |
| Thine the poise and measure | E |
| If I say 'Thou shalt be Mine ' | - |
| Finger not My treasure | E |
| What the gains in having thee | F |
| Do amount to only He | F |
| Who for man was sold can see | F |
| That transferr'd th' accounts to Me | F |
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| Man But as I can see no merit | G |
| Leading to this favour | E |
| So the way to fit me for it | H |
| Is beyond my savour | E |
| As the reason then is Thine | D |
| So the way is none of mine | D |
| I disclaim the whole design | D |
| Sin disclaims and I resign | D |
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| Saviour That is all if that I could | I |
| Get without repining | B |
| And My clay My creature would | I |
| Follow My resigning | B |
| That as I did freely part | J |
| With My glory and desert | K |
| Left all joys to feel all smart | J |
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| Man Ah no more Thou break'st my heart | J |
George Herbert
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