The Means To Attain A Happy Life. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EDED FGFGMARTIAL the things that do attain | A |
The happy life be these I find | B |
The riches left not got with pain | A |
The fruitful ground the quiet mind | B |
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The equal friend no grudge no strife | C |
No charge of rule nor governance | D |
Without disease the healthful life | C |
The household of continuance | D |
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The mean diet no delicate fare | E |
True wisdom join'd with simpleness | D |
The night discharged of all care | E |
Where wine the wit may not oppress | D |
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The faithful wife without debate | F |
Such sleeps as may beguile the night | G |
Contented with thine own estate | F |
Ne wish for Death ne fear his might | G |
Henry Howard
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