The Collar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFAECFGHGIIEJKE KJHLLHMBNNMDOPOQ| I struck the board and cried No more | A |
| I will abroad | B |
| What shall I ever sigh and pine | C |
| My lines and life are free free as the road | D |
| Loose as the wind as large as store | A |
| Shall I be still in suit | E |
| Have I no harvest but a thorn | F |
| To let me blood and not restore | A |
| What I have lost with cordial fruit | E |
| Sure there was wine | C |
| Before my sighs did dry it there was corn | F |
| Before my tears did drown it | G |
| Is the year only lost to me | H |
| Have I no bays to crown it | G |
| No flowers no garlands gay all blasted | I |
| All wasted | I |
| Not so my heart but there is fruit | E |
| And thou hast hands | J |
| Recover all thy sigh blown age | K |
| On double pleasures leave thy cold dispute | E |
| Of what is fit and not Forsake thy cage | K |
| Thy rope of sands | J |
| Which petty thoughts have made and made to thee | H |
| Good cable to enforce and draw | L |
| And be thy law | L |
| While thou didst wink and wouldst not see | H |
| Away take heed | M |
| I will abroad | B |
| Call in thy death's head there tie up thy fears | N |
| He that forbears | N |
| To suit and serve his need | M |
| Deserves his load | D |
| But as I raved and grew more fierce and wild | O |
| At every word | P |
| Methoughts I heard one calling Child | O |
| And I replied My Lord | Q |
George Herbert
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