The Shower (i) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDEB FGHIIF JKKLLJ| A | |
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| 'TWAS so I saw thy birth That drowsy lake | B |
| From her faint bosom breath'd thee the disease | C |
| Of her sick waters and infectious ease | C |
| But now at even | D |
| Too gross for heaven | E |
| Thou fall'st in tears and weep'st for thy mistake | B |
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| Ah it is so with me oft have I press'd | F |
| Heaven with a lazy breath but fruitless this | G |
| Pierc'd not love only can with quick access | H |
| Unlock the way | I |
| When all else stray | I |
| The smoke and exhalations of the breast | F |
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| Yet if as thou dost melt and with thy train | J |
| Of drops make soft the Earth my eyes could weep | K |
| O'er my hard heart that's bound up and asleep | K |
| Perhaps at last | L |
| Some such showers past | L |
| My God would give a sunshine after rain | J |
Henry Vaughan
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