Quickness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHJ KLKL| False 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| '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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