Upon A Snail Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDFCACA G CHBHIJIKLMLMShe goes but softly but she goeth sure | A |
She stumbles not as stronger creatures do | B |
Her journey's shorter so she may endure | A |
Better than they which do much farther go | C |
She makes no noise but stilly seizeth on | D |
The flower or herb appointed for her food | E |
The which she quietly doth feed upon | D |
While others range and glare but find no good | F |
And though she doth but very softly go | C |
However 'tis not fast nor slow but sure | A |
And certainly they that do travel so | C |
The prize they do aim at they do procure | A |
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Comparison | G |
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Although they seem not much to stir less go | C |
For Christ that hunger or from wrath that flee | H |
Yet what they seek for quickly they come to | B |
Though it doth seem the farthest off to be | H |
One act of faith doth bring them to that flower | I |
They so long for that they may eat and live | J |
Which to attain is not in others power | I |
Though for it a king's ransom they would give | K |
Then let none faint nor be at all dismayed | L |
That life by Christ do seek they shall not fail | M |
To have it let them nothing be afraid | L |
The herb and flower are eaten by the snail | M |
John Bunyan
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Haniya : Poem is very best but not give central idea , I think you give central idea in order to people understand the poem clearly .