Upon The Sight Of A Pound Of Candles Falling To The Ground Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC D EFGGHIJJ| But be the candles down and scattered too | A |
| Some lying here some there What shall we do | A |
| Hold light the candle there that stands on high | B |
| It you may find the other candles by | B |
| Light that I say and so take up the pound | C |
| You did let fall and scatter on the ground | C |
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| Comparison | D |
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| The fallen candles do us intimate | E |
| The bulk of God's elect in their laps'd state | F |
| Their lying scattered in the dark may be | G |
| To show by man's lapsed state his misery | G |
| The candle that was taken down and lighted | H |
| Thereby to find them fallen and benighted | I |
| Is Jesus Christ God by his light doth gather | J |
| Who he will save and be unto a Father | J |
John Bunyan
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