A Wreath Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFFCABA| A wreathed garland of deserved praise | A |
| Of praise deserved unto thee I give | B |
| I give to thee who knowest all my wayes | A |
| My crooked winding wayes wherein I live | C |
| Wherein I die not live for life is straight | D |
| Straight as a line and ever tends to thee | E |
| To thee who art more farre above deceit | F |
| Then deceit seems above simplicitie | F |
| Give me simplicitie that I may live | C |
| So live and like that I may know thy wayes | A |
| Know them and practise them then shall I give | B |
| For this poore wreath give thee a crown of praise | A |
George Herbert
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