Upon The Horse And His Rider Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEE F GGEEHHIJEEKKDDEELMNN EEOOPPEE| There's one rides very sagely on the road | A |
| Showing that he affects the gravest mode | A |
| Another rides tantivy or full trot | B |
| To show much gravity he matters not | B |
| Lo here comes one amain he rides full speed | C |
| Hedge ditch nor miry bog he doth not heed | C |
| One claws it up hill without stop or check | D |
| Another down as if he'd break his neck | D |
| Now every horse has his especial guider | E |
| Then by his going you may know the rider | E |
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| Comparison | F |
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| Now let us turn our horse into a man | G |
| His rider to a spirit if we can | G |
| Then let us by the methods of the guider | E |
| Tell every horse how he should know his rider | E |
| Some go as men direct in a right way | H |
| Nor are they suffered to go astray | H |
| As with a bridle they are governed | I |
| And kept from paths which lead unto the dead | J |
| Now this good man has his especial guider | E |
| Then by his going let him know his rider | E |
| Some go as if they did not greatly care | K |
| Whether of heaven or hell they should be heir | K |
| The rein it seems is laid upon their neck | D |
| They seem to go their way without a check | D |
| Now this man too has his especial guider | E |
| And by his going he may know his rider | E |
| Some again run as if resolved to die | L |
| Body and soul to all eternity | M |
| Good counsel they by no means can abide | N |
| They'll have their course whatever them betide | N |
| Now these poor men have their especial guider | E |
| Were they not fools they soon might know their rider | E |
| There's one makes head against all godliness | O |
| Those too that do profess it he'll distress | O |
| He'll taunt and flout if goodness doth appear | P |
| And at its countenancers mock and jeer | P |
| Now this man too has his especial guider | E |
| And by his going he might know his rider | E |
John Bunyan
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