Anguish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFFGG HHIIJJ KK| My God and King to Thee | A |
| I bow my knee | A |
| I bow my troubled soul and greet | B |
| With my foul heart thy holy feet | B |
| Cast it or tread it it shall do | C |
| Even what thou wilt and praise thee too | C |
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| My God could I weep blood | D |
| Gladly I would | E |
| Or if thou wilt give me that art | F |
| Which through the eyes pours out the heart | F |
| I will exhaust it all and make | G |
| Myself all tears a weeping lake | G |
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| O 'tis an easy thing | H |
| To write and sing | H |
| But to write true unfeigned verse | I |
| Is very hard O God disperse | I |
| These weights and give my spirit leave | J |
| To act as well as to conceive | J |
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| O my God hear my cry | K |
| Or let me die | K |
Henry Vaughan
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