Affliction (iv) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACC DEEFGG HCCHII BJJBII KLLKJJ| Broken in pieces all asunder | A |
| Lord hunt me not | B |
| A thing forgot | B |
| Once a poor creature now a wonder | A |
| A wonder tortur'd in the space | C |
| Betwixt this world and that of grace | C |
| - | |
| My thoughts are all a case of knives | D |
| Wounding my heart | E |
| With scatter'd smart | E |
| As wat'ring pots give flowers their lives | F |
| Nothing their fury can control | G |
| While they do wound and prick my soul | G |
| - | |
| All my attendants are at strife | H |
| Quitting their place | C |
| Unto my face | C |
| Nothing performs the task of life | H |
| The elements are let loose to fight | I |
| And while I live try out their right | I |
| - | |
| Oh help my God let not their plot | B |
| Kill them and me | J |
| And also thee | J |
| Who art my life dissolve the knot | B |
| As the sun scatters by his light | I |
| All the rebellions of the night | I |
| - | |
| Then shall those powers which work for grief | K |
| Enter thy pay | L |
| And day by day | L |
| Labour thy praise and my relief | K |
| With care and courage building me | J |
| Till I reach heav'n and much more thee | J |
George Herbert
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