Upon Thebegger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFFGHII J IIFFBH| He wants he asks he pleads his poverty | A |
| They within doors do him an alms deny | B |
| He doth repeat and aggravate his grief | C |
| But they repulse him give him no relief | C |
| He begs they say Begone he will not hear | D |
| But coughs sighs and makes signs he still is there | E |
| They disregard him he repeats his groans | F |
| They still say nay and he himself bemoans | F |
| They grow more rugged they call him vagrant | G |
| He cries the shriller trumpets out his want | H |
| At last when they perceive he'll take no nay | I |
| An alms they give him without more delay | I |
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| Comparison | J |
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| This beggar doth resemble them that pray | I |
| To God for mercy and will take no nay | I |
| But wait and count that all his hard gainsays | F |
| Are nothing else but fatherly delays | F |
| Then imitate him praying souls and cry | B |
| There's nothing like to importunity | H |
John Bunyan
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