Holy Sonnet Xiii: What If This Present Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDEFAA| What if this present were the worlds last night | A |
| Marke in my heart O Soule where thou dost dwell | B |
| The picture of Christ crucified and tell | B |
| Whether that countenance can thee affright | A |
| Teares in his eyes quench the amazing light | A |
| Blood fills his frownes which from his pierc'd head fell | B |
| And can that tongue adjudge thee unto hell | B |
| Which pray'd forgiveness for his foes fierce spight | A |
| No no but as in my idolatrie | C |
| I said to all my profane mistresses | D |
| Beauty of pitty foulnesse onely is | E |
| A sign of rigour so I say to thee | F |
| To wicked spirits are horrid shapes assign'd | A |
| This beauteous forme assures a pitious minde | A |
John Donne
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