The Daughter Of Herodias Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJIJ DKDL| Matthew xiv | A |
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| Vain sinful art who first did fit | B |
| Thy lewd loathed motions unto sounds | C |
| And made grave music like wild wit | B |
| Err in loose airs beyond her bounds | C |
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| What fires hath he heaped on his head | D |
| Since to his sins as needs it must | E |
| His art adds still though he be dead | D |
| New fresh accounts of blood and lust | E |
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| Leave then young sorceress the ice | F |
| Will those coy spirits cast asleep | G |
| Which teach thee now to please his eyes | H |
| Who doth thy loathsome mother keep | G |
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| But thou hast pleased so well he swears | I |
| And gratifies thy sin with vows | J |
| His shameless lust in public wears | I |
| And to thy soft arts strongly bows | J |
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| Skilful enchantress and true bred | D |
| Who out of evil can bring forth good | K |
| Thy mother's nets in thee were spread | D |
| She tempts to incest thou to blood | L |
Henry Vaughan
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