Quickness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHJ KLKLFalse life a foil and no more when | A |
Wilt thou be gone | B |
Thou foul deception of all men | A |
That would not have the true come on | C |
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Thou art a moon like toil a blind | D |
Self posing state | E |
A dark contest of waves and wind | D |
A mere tempestuous debate | E |
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Life is a fixed discerning light | F |
A knowing joy | G |
No chance or fit but ever bright | F |
And calm and full yet doth not cloy | G |
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'Tis such a blissful thing that still | H |
Doth vivify | I |
And shine and smile and hath the skill | H |
To please without eternity | J |
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Thou art a toilsome mole or less | K |
A moving mist | L |
But life is what none can express | K |
A quickness which my God hath kissed | L |
Henry Vaughan
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