The Altar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFFCCGGHH| A broken ALTAR Lord thy servant rears | A |
| Made of a heart and cemented with tears | B |
| Whose parts are as thy hand did frame | C |
| No workman's tool hath touch'd the same | C |
| A HEART alone | D |
| Is such a stone | D |
| As nothing but | E |
| Thy pow'r doth cut | E |
| Wherefore each part | F |
| Of my hard heart | F |
| Meets in this frame | C |
| To praise thy name | C |
| That if I chance to hold my peace | G |
| These stones to praise thee may not cease | G |
| Oh let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine | H |
| And sanctify this ALTAR to be thine | H |
George Herbert
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