Holy Sonnet Xiii: What If This Present Were The World's Last Night? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECAA| What if this present were the world's last night | A |
| Mark in my heart O soul where thou dost dwell | B |
| The picture of Christ crucified and tell | B |
| Whether that countenance can thee affright | A |
| Tears in his eyes quench the amazing light | A |
| Blood fills his frowns which from his pierced head fell | B |
| And can that tongue adjudge thee unto hell | B |
| Which prayed forgiveness for his foes' fierce spite | A |
| No no but as in my idolatry | C |
| I said to all my profane mistresses | D |
| Beauty of pity foulness only is | E |
| A sign of rigour so I say to thee | C |
| To wicked spirits are horrid shapes assigned | A |
| This beauteous form assures a piteous mind | A |
John Donne
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