A Hymn To God The Father Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB ABABAB ABABAB| Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun | A |
| Which is my sin though it were done before | B |
| Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run | A |
| And do run still though still I do deplore | B |
| When thou hast done thou hast not done | A |
| For I have more | B |
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| Wilt thou forgive that sin by which I have won | A |
| Others to sin and made my sin their door | B |
| Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun | A |
| A year or two but wallowed in a score | B |
| When thou hast done thou hast not done | A |
| For I have more | B |
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| I have a sin of fear that when I have spun | A |
| My last thread I shall perish on the shore | B |
| Swear by thyself that at my death thy Son | A |
| Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore | B |
| And having done that thou hast done | A |
| I fear no more | B |
John Donne
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